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Myers, Scott A.; Thorn, Kyla – College Student Journal, 2013
The purpose of this study was to identify whether students' motives for communicating with their instructors are related to their classroom effort and their perceptions of course workload. Participants were 119 undergraduate students who completed the Student Motives to Communicate scale (Martin, Myers, & Mottet, 1999), the Student Effort…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Teacher Student Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Student Attitudes
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Myers, Scott A.; Huebner, Alex D. – College Student Journal, 2011
This study investigated the relationship between students' motives to communicate (i.e., relational, functional, participatory, excuse making, and sycophantic) with their instructors and perceived instructor credibility, attractiveness, and homophily. 150 undergraduate students (85 men, 64 women, one did not indicate sex) enrolled at a large…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Caring, Measures (Individuals), Credibility
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Myers, Scott A.; Smith, Nicole A.; Eidsness, Mary A.; Bogdan, Leah M.; Zackery, Brooke A.; Thompson, Michelle R.; Schoo, Meghan E.; Johnson, Angela N. – College Student Journal, 2009
The purpose of this study was to probe the presence of slackers in college classroom work group, how students react to slackers, and the recommendations students would make for working with slackers in future group projects. Thirty-seven college students participated in one of five focus groups. Results indicate that (a) college students working…
Descriptors: College Students, Focus Groups, Group Activities, Group Dynamics
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Myers, Scott A.; Bogdan, Leah M.; Eidsness, Mary A.; Johnson, Angela N.; Schoo, Meghan E.; Smith, Nicole A.; Thompson, Michelle R.; Zackery, Brooke A. – College Student Journal, 2009
This study examined whether college students' perceptions of the positive and negative attributes of group work are associated with their tolerance for ambiguity, tolerance for disagreement, conversational sensitivity, and cognitive flexibility. Participants were 192 undergraduate students who completed a series of quantitative measures…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Personality Traits, Student Attitudes, Figurative Language