Teacher immediacy, confidence testing, and the measurement of cognitive learning

Communication Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-123

  King, Paul ^a,b   Witt, Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Communication Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive Learning; Confidence Testing; Perceived Learning; Teacher Immediacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649090617     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520802511233     Document Type: Article

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