Revisiting Instructor Misbehaviors: A Revised Typology and Development of a Measure

Communication Education

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 133-153

  Goodboy, Alan K ^a   Myers, Scott A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructor Misbehaviors; Learning; Lectures; Motivation; Teacher Misbehaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924628005     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634523.2014.978798     Document Type: Article

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