Listening Competency

Exploring the Relationship Between Listening Style and Need for Cognition

“…They go on to argue that fundamental to this motivation is developing a positive attitude toward listening and, subsequently, viewing listening as an active, not passive, process. Thus, one's need for cognition may act as a "precursor to listening," which in turn may act as a motivator (Wolvin & Coakley, 1994) leading some people to prefer a particular listening style.…”

Student Estimates of Public Speaking Competency: The Meaning Extraction Helper and Video Self-evaluation

“…Self-analysis skills are essential for accurate evaluation. Instructors would be wise to build time into the basic course for comprehensive analysis to aid in the restructuring of student perceptions of public speaking competency (Wolvin & Coakley, 1994). Teaching students how to recognize and analyze what competent speaking behaviors look like and how to develop strategies for integrating effective speaking skills into their own speeches would impact comprehension and skill application (Kruger & Dunning, 1999).…”

Essay: The Role of Participatory Listening in Collaborative Discourse: Insights from Studies of Engineering Design Teams

“…Although their limited design knowledge may have drawn them too quickly and too frequently into depth-first explorations of potential design solutions (Ball, Evans, Dennis, & Ormerod, 1997), we have no reason to assume that they were any less proficient than experienced designers in supporting each other during these depth-first forays. As Wolvin and Coakley pointed out some time ago, definitions of listening competence need to be extended to include attitudes as well as specific skills and competencies, and observed that positive listening is an active, rather than a passive, attitude in which both listener and speaker share the responsibility for successful communication (Wolvin & Coakley, 1994). Participatory listening appears therefore to be a deep-seated attitude towards participation in intellectual teamwork.…”