No more teachers' dirty looks: Effects of teacher nonverbal behavior on student outcomes

Applications of Nonverbal Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 157-192

  Harris, Monica ^a   Rosenthal, Robert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410612786     Document Type: Chapter

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