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ERIC Number: EJ411564
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Students' Preferences for Communication Styles and Their Relationship to Achievement.
Potter, W. James; Emanuel, Richard
Communication Education, v39 n3 p234-49 Jul 1990
Measures preferences students express for communicator styles of their instructors. Finds the most preferred styles were friendly and attentive, followed by relaxed, impression leaving, animated, dramatic, open, precise, dominant, and contentious. Finds that other variables such as IQ, demographics, and students' learning style preference were stronger predictors of achievement. (MG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Style, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Styles
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Communication Behavior; Communication Satisfaction; Communication Styles