Co-constructing student involvement: An examination of teacher confirmation and student-to-student connectedness in the college classroom

Communication Education

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-184

  Sidelinger, Robert J ^a   Booth Butterfield, Melanie ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Self regulated learning; Student involvement; Student to student connectedness; Teacher confirmation; Willingness to talk in class

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749323378     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520903390867     Document Type: Article

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