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50 Years of ERIC
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Mazer, Joseph P.; McKenna-Buchanan, Timothy P.; Quinlan, Margaret M.; Titsworth, Scott – Communication Education, 2014
Based on emotional response theory (ERT), recent researchers have observed connections between teachers' communication behaviors and students' emotional reactions. In the present study, we further elaborated ERT by exploring the effects of teacher communication behaviors and emotional processes on discrete negative emotions, including…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Theories, Teacher Student Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
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Mazer, Joseph P. – Communication Education, 2013
The results of this study establish the validity of the Student Interest Scale and Student Engagement Scale, as well as associations among teacher communication behaviors, student interest, and engagement. Confirmatory factor analysis indicates that the factor structures of the measures are stable, reliable, and valid. The results indicate…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Learner Engagement, Validity, Interest Inventories
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Linvill, Darren L.; Mazer, Joseph P. – Communication Education, 2013
Research indicates that Americans believe instructor political bias to be a serious problem in the college classroom, as many professors are considered a liberal elite. In light of scholarship suggesting that characteristics students bring with them to the classroom may influence their perception of instructor communication behaviors, the present…
Descriptors: Aggression, Classroom Research, Inferences, Student Role
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Titsworth, Scott; McKenna, Timothy P.; Mazer, Joseph P.; Quinlan, Margaret M. – Communication Education, 2013
Although scholars from various fields now argue that emotion is a critical resource for individuals as they learn and make sense of information, the topic is only just emerging as a sustained area of emphasis for instructional communication scholars. Using a sample of 752 students from three universities, we tested a predictive model exploring how…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Psychological Patterns, Classroom Environment, Teacher Student Relationship
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Thompson, Blair; Mazer, Joseph P. – Communication Education, 2012
Parent-teacher communication represents a primary form of parental support, a phenomenon meriting significant attention given the connections between support and academic achievement (Thompson, 2008b). A series of studies advance the Parental Academic Support Scale (PASS) to assess the frequency, importance, and modes parents use to communicate…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Parent Teacher Cooperation
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Li, Li; Mazer, Joseph P.; Ju, Ran – Communication Education, 2011
Guided by Giddens' structuration theory, this study highlights structures that both enable and constrain nonnative English-speaking teachers and students in American college classrooms. Before international teaching assistants (ITAs) step into their American classrooms, several semishaped class structures are already in place: students (mostly…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Limited English Speaking
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Titsworth, Scott; Quinlan, Margaret M.; Mazer, Joseph P. – Communication Education, 2010
Although scholars from across the field of communication have highlighted the importance of emotion in interpersonal relationships, persuasive messages, and organizations, the topic has yet to receive systematic attention from scholars who study classroom communication. Using interdisciplinary literature from communication and other fields as a…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Student Attitudes, Emotional Response, Factor Analysis
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Thompson, Blair; Mazer, Joseph P. – Communication Education, 2009
Research suggests that student academic support plays a vital role at the college level as students often view communication with peers as their primary source of academic support (Thompson, 2008). This research advances the Student Academic Support Scale (SASS) as a method of assessing the frequency, importance, and mode of communicating academic…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Peer Relationship, Social Support Groups, Interpersonal Communication
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Mazer, Joseph P.; Murphy, Richard E.; Simonds, Cheri J. – Communication Education, 2007
This experimental study examined the effects of teacher self-disclosure via Facebook on anticipated college student motivation, affective learning, and classroom climate. Participants who accessed the Facebook website of a teacher high in self-disclosure anticipated higher levels of motivation and affective learning and a more positive classroom…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Classroom Environment, Teacher Student Relationship, Internet