The relationship of teacher clarity and teacher immediacy with students’ experiences of state receiver apprehension

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 446-456

  Chesebro, Joseph L ^a   McCroskey, James C ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Receiver apprehension; Teacher behaviors; Teacher clarity; Teacher immediacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005179827     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463379809370114     Document Type: Article

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