The relationship between college students' self-reports of class participation and perceived instructor impressions

Communication Research Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-133

  Myers, Scott A ^a   Horan, Sean M ^a   Kennedy Lightsey, Carrie D ^a   Madlock, Paul E ^a   Sidelinger, Robert J ^b   Byrnes, Kerry ^a   Frisby, Brandi ^a   Mansson, Daniel H ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; Class Participation; Credibility; Homophily

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749254111     PISSN: 08824096     EISSN: 17464099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08824090902861580     Document Type: Article

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