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Download full textDickens, Wenda J.; Perry, Raymond P. – 1982
The concept of an individual's perception of control was applied to the classroom performance of university students. The initial approach was to use a laboratory simulation of a university classroom to explore the following: (1) whether it is possible to induce feelings of helplessness in a university classroom; (2) effects that feelings of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, College Students, Helplessness
Perry, Raymond P.; Dickens, Wenda J. – 1983
Educational seduction, in which a charismatic, entertaining instructor obtains favorable student ratings while presenting insufficient lecture content, threatens the validity of student ratings and teaching effectiveness research. To examine the effects of one educational seduction variable, instructor expressiveness, on student achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Classroom Communication, College Students
