College teacher immediacy and student ratings of instruction

Autor:	John T. Masterson, Alexis Moore, Diane M. Christophel, Kathleen A. Shea
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	Student perceptions Class size Post hoc Higher education business.industry Communication media_common.quotation_subject Language and Linguistics Education Nonverbal communication Perception Immediacy Quality (business) Psychology business Social psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Communication Education. 45:29-39
ISSN:	1479-5795 0363-4523
Popis:	This study examined the relationship between college student perceptions of teacher immediacy and student ratings of instruction. Two hundred sixty‐six students responded to instruments designed to measure the frequency of teachers' verbal and nonverbal immediacy behaviors and to gather students' perceptions of quality of instruction. Significant positive correlations were found between immediacy and student ratings of instruction. Students who observed frequent verbal and nonverbal immediacy behaviors in their professors were more inclined to give high ratings to such things as the overall quality of instruction and value of the course. In particular, verbal and nonverbal immediacy were strong predictors of ratings of faculty/student interaction and lectures/communication. Post hoc analyses confirmed that class size, subject area, and students' expected grade may influence immediacy scores as well as student ratings. The findings of this study have theoretical and methodological implications for instruct...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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