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ERIC Number: EJ497372
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-4523
"What's in It for Me?": Increasing Content Relevance to Enhance Students' Motivation.
Frymier, Ann Bainbridge; Shulman, Gary M.
Communication Education, v44 n1 p40-50 Jan 1995
Finds that making content relevant to students' personal and career was a factor, in addition to immediacy, that increased students' state motivation. Notes that a scale to measure content relevance in the classroom was developed, factor analyzed, and determined to be a valid and reliable unidimensional instrument. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Course Content, Higher Education, Relevance (Education), Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Teacher Immediacy