Effects of teacher clarity and nonverbal immediacy on student learning, receiver apprehension, and affect

Communication Education

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-147

  Chesebro, Joseph L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Higher education learning outcomes; Receiver apprehension; Student perceptions of teachers; Teacher clarity; Teacher immediacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942273938     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520302471     Document Type: Article

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