Today, there is a prolific growth in the number of nontraditional students in colleges and universities throughout the United States. This increase is most dramatic in institutions offering online technology. The University of Nevada Reno's online enrollment, for example, has shown a tremendous increase in this population (Powers, 2002).
The ameliorative activity of the forensic competition design provides the opportunity for debate using higher-order thinking skills through questioning, responding, and the adjudication by class members. This process incorporates all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.
This design, which reduces student anxiety during presentation and performance, …