The role of student characteristics and teacher behaviors in students' learner empowerment

Communication Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-53

  Houser, Marian L ^a,b   Frymier, Ann Bainbridge ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Communication ^*

^e MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learner Empowerment; Student Characteristics; Teacher Behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649089050     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520802237383     Document Type: Article

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