Communication and connectedness in the classroom: Development of the connected classroom climate inventory

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 264-272

  Dwyer, Karen Kangas ^a   Bingham, Shereen G ^a   Carlson, Robert E ^a   Prisbell, Marshall ^a   Cruz, Ana M ^a   Fus, Dennis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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EID: 33845809575     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090409359988     Document Type: Article

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