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ERIC Number: EJ497374
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-4523
Apprehension, Self-Perceived Competency, and Teacher Immediacy in the Laboratory-Supported Public Speaking Course: Trends and Relationships.
Ellis, Kathleen
Communication Education, v44 n1 p64-78 Jan 1995
Finds that high, moderate, and low apprehensives perceived significant gains in competency and significant decreases in anxiety in a public speaking course. Finds no differences among them in the amount of perceived improvement and anxiety decrease. Reveals a significant positive correlation between teachers' verbal immediacy and anxiety decrease for high apprehensives but not for moderate and low apprehensives. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Public Speaking, Self Concept
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Teacher Immediacy