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This essay categorizes and synthesizes 186 empirical studies in the area of communication and instruction published from 1974 to 1982. The studies are classified into six categories: Teacher Characteristics, Student Characteristics, Teaching Strategies, Speech Criticism and Student Evaluation, Speech Communication Content, and Speech Communication Programs. One‐hundred and four of the studies were communication education‐related and 82 were instruction communication studies. Concluding comments are made regarding the status of the area of study.
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