Perceived teacher credibility and student learning: Development of a multicultural model

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-347

  Zhang, Qin ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective Learning; Cognitive Learning; Credibility Learning Model; Culture; Motivation; Teacher Credibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960584446     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310903082073     Document Type: Article

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