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ERIC Number: EJ506401
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-4523
Food for Thought: Teacher Nonverbal Immediacy, Student Learning, and Curvilinearity.
Comstock, Jamie; And Others
Communication Education, v44 n3 p251-66 Jul 1995
Finds, contrary to previous research on teacher nonverbal immediacy, that the variable has an inverted-U curvilinear relationship with cognitive, affective, and behavioral learning--in other words, moderately high teacher immediacy is more effective in helping students learn than either excessively high or low immediacy. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication Research, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Nonverbal Communication, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Teacher Immediacy