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Johnson, Zac D.; LaBelle, Sara – Communication Education, 2015
The current study examined the relationship between student-to-student communicative behaviors and communication outcomes in the college classroom. The instructional beliefs model was used to examine student self-disclosures, student perceptions of connectedness, and student enactment of instructional dissent. Students (N = 351) completed…
Descriptors: Self Disclosure (Individuals), College Students, Peer Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
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Titsworth, Scott; McKenna, Timothy P.; Mazer, Joseph P.; Quinlan, Margaret M. – Communication Education, 2013
Although scholars from various fields now argue that emotion is a critical resource for individuals as they learn and make sense of information, the topic is only just emerging as a sustained area of emphasis for instructional communication scholars. Using a sample of 752 students from three universities, we tested a predictive model exploring how…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Psychological Patterns, Classroom Environment, Teacher Student Relationship
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Wheeless, Virginia Eman; Witt, Paul L.; Maresh, Michelle; Bryand, Meagan C.; Schrodt, Paul – Communication Education, 2011
This study tested two theoretical models of instructor credibility as a potential mediator between instructors' classroom communication behaviors (nonverbal immediacy, enthusiasm, and homophily) and students' intentions to persist in college. Participants included 570 undergraduate students from three institutions in the South-Central United…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Teacher Characteristics, Credibility
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Weber, Keith; Martin, Matthew M.; Myers, Scott A. – Communication Education, 2011
This article presents the Instructional Beliefs Model which forwards that teacher behaviors, student characteristics, and course-specific structural issues combine to influence students' instructional beliefs. Through these instructional beliefs, the first-order variables influence student learning outcomes. Three studies were conducted to…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Student Characteristics, Course Organization, Student Attitudes
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Buell, Cindy – Communication Education, 2004
This study examined faculty and student conceptualizations and distinctively communicative practices of mentoring in the academy. The study included three phases: (1) open-ended surveys conducted with faculty and students via e-mail, (2) focus groups conducted with faculty and students to elaborate on findings from the e-mail interviews, and (3)…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Mentors, Student Attitudes, Interpersonal Communication
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Ellis, Kathleen – Communication Education, 2004
This article reports two studies on teacher confirmation. The first examined (1) students' feelings of confirmation or disconfirmation as a function of perceived teacher behaviors, and (2) whether teacher confirmation behaviors occur in hierarchically arranged clusters. Sixty-one percent of the variance in students' feelings of confirmation was…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Undergraduate Students, Teacher Behavior