Students’ affective learning in a technologically mediated writing and speaking course: A situated learning perspective

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 322-351

  Gaffney, Amy L Housley ^a   Kercsmar, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apprehension; Online classes; Public speaking; Self efficacy; Situated learning; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971443029     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: 15524574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651916636371     Document Type: Article

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