Extant research utilizing the Relational Communication Perspective has provided important
insights concerning the student–teacher relationship. However, we believe that there is a …

This study examined teaching assistant's immediacy in lecture/laboratory and self-contained
classes. Two hundred fifty-six students responded to instruments measuring teachers' …

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which instructors simultaneously
engage in specific rhetorical (ie, clarity, humor) and relational (ie, immediacy, confirmation …

In this study, we examined the potential mediating role of instructor credibility in the
relationship of instructor self-disclosure and nonverbal immediacy to student incivility in the …

The current study utilized the instructional beliefs model to explore the relationships and
impact of students' focus on instrumental outcomes (ie, grade orientation, academic …

Despite the increase of individuals with psychological disabilities (PD) attending college and
universities, students with PD are less likely to complete their college programs than their …

Instructor nonverbal immediacy has been associated with a range of positive student
outcomes, but it is difficult to convey in an online environment. We investigated whether the …

Learning of statistics presents a challenge to psychology students whose background in
mathematics is not strong. The percentage of students who failed Statistics course at the …

In this study, we examined the extent to which perceptions of instructors' communication
characteristics positively impacted students' intentions to persist in college until graduation …

Instructional communication scholars have long been interested in creating and testing
alternative approaches to measuring cognitive learning. One of the existing measures, the …