Establishing a Comfortable Classroom from Day One: Student Perceptions of the Reciprocal Interview

College Teaching

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 210-214

  Case, Kim ^a   Bartsch, Robert ^a   Mcenery, Lillian ^a   Hall, Sharon ^a   Hermann, Anthony ^b   Foster, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^b BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

class interview; comfortable classroom; first day; instructor and student expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997979465     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.56.4.210-214     Document Type: Article

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