College Students' Attributions of Teacher Misbehaviors

Communication Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-55

  Kelsey, Dawn M ^a   Kearney, Patricia ^a   Plax, Timothy G ^a   Allen, Terre H ^a   Ritter, Kerry J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution theory; Attributions; Immediacy; Locus of causality; Misbehaviors; Student perceptions; Teacher behaviors; Teacher incompetence; Teacher indolence; Teacher misbehaviors; Teacher offensiveness; Teaching effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142265362     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0363452032000135760     Document Type: Review

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