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What Matters Most? A Prioritization of Medical Students' Preferences for Effective Teaching
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Knoster, Kevin; Goodboy, Alan; Martin, Matthew; Thomay, Alan – Communication Education, 2021
Guided by rhetorical and relational goals theory, this study explores medical students' preferences for effective teaching using a "build-a-professor" design. Using a budget methodology, medical students (N = 177) created their ideal clinical or nonclinical medical school educator by prioritizing 10 teaching behaviors and characteristics…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Medical School Faculty
Forum: Learning Outcomes in Communication. Upside Down/Side Up: Problematizing Teacher Communication Behaviors and Learning Outcomes in Communication
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Dannels, Deanna P.; Toale, Mary C.; Backlund, Philip M.; Frederick, John G. M.; Love, Brad – Communication Education, 2016
Could teacher communication behaviors generally assumed to be positive ever be detrimental to student realization of particular outcomes? This essay argues for increased scholarly attention to this question. The authors advocate a research agenda that explores the potential "downside" of teacher communication behaviors (TCBs);…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Outcomes of Education, Communication Strategies, Teacher Effectiveness
What Do College Students Want? A Prioritization of Instructional Behaviors and Characteristics
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Goldman, Zachary W.; Cranmer, Gregory A.; Sollitto, Michael; Labelle, Sara; Lancaster, Alexander L. – Communication Education, 2017
Guided by Rhetorical and Relational Goals Theory, this study examined college students' preferences for effective teaching behaviors and characteristics. Students (n = 209) articulated qualities in their ideal instructor by prioritizing 10 instructional behaviors and characteristics from the rhetorical and relational traditions (assertive,…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Student Interests, Preferences
A Question of Understanding: ERIC Report
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Work, William – Communication Education, 1979
Offers an annotated bibliography of 22 RIE entries from the ERIC database on the use of questions in the classroom and in other learning environments. (JMF)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Instructional Design
The Interface between Human Development and Instructional Communication.
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Nussbaum, Jon F.; Prusank, Diane T. – Communication Education, 1989
Presents a brief theoretical and methodological statement of developmental communication. Reviews developmental work in the general discipline of communication. Reviews several of the major research traditions within instructional communication and proposes how these traditions can be positively influenced by the developmental point of view. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Higher Education, Individual Development
An Analysis of Teachers' Verbal Communication within the College Classroom: Use of Humor, Self-Disclosure, and Narratives.
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Downs, Valerie C.; And Others – Communication Education, 1988
Provides normative data regarding the use of certain verbal behaviors manifested by college teachers. Indicates that usage of humor, self-disclosure, and narratives by college teachers was frequently relevant to course content and used to clarify course material. Suggests that award winning teachers used these same behaviors in relation to course…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Communication Skills