THE IMPACT OF SELF-DIRECTED VIDEOTAPE-FEEDBACK ON STUDENTS SELF-REPORTED LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE AND APPREHENSION

This research examines whether having students privately watch their o wn videotaped speeches impacts their self-reported levels of communica tion competence and speaker apprehension. Bared on a naturally occurri ng experiment, results indicated that: a) students' reported levels of apprehension about meetings decreased significantly in sections with videotape feedback; b) students reported significant increases in comp etency and decreases in apprehension across work and social settings b ut reported the largest improvements in the classroom setting; and c) the videotape feedback had a limited differential impact on students' perceived improvements based on their initial levels of competence and apprehension. Results suggest the need to further evaluate use of vid eotapes in the basic course.