Students' notetaking: The effects of teacher immediacy and clarity

Communication Education

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-320

  Titsworth, B Scott ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive learning; Immediacy; Lecture cues; Notetaking; Organizational cues

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244355928     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0363452032000305922     Document Type: Article

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