The relationship between college student information-seeking behaviors and perceived instructor verbal behaviors

Communication Education

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 343-356

  Myers, Scott A ^a   Knox, Ronda L ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarity; Information seeking strategies; Verbal immediacy; Verbal receptivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035621090     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520109379260     Document Type: Article

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