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Rethinking College Students' Self-Regulation and Sustained Attention: Does Text Messaging during Class Influence Cognitive Learning?
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Wei, Fang-Yi Flora; Wang, Y. Ken; Klausner, Michael – Communication Education, 2012
This study investigated whether texting during class influences students' cognitive learning. A theoretical model was proposed to study the relationships among college students' self-regulation, texting during class, sustained attention to classroom learning, and cognitive learning (i.e., grade-oriented academic performance and experience-oriented…
Descriptors: College Students, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Metacognition
Students' Big Three Personality Traits, Perceptions of Teacher Interpersonal Behavior, and Mathematics Achievement: An Application of the Model of Reciprocal Causation
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Charalampous, Kyriakos; Kokkinos, Constantinos M. – Communication Education, 2014
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the application of the Model of Reciprocal Causation (MRC) in examining the relationship between student personality (personal factors), student-perceived teacher interpersonal behavior (environment), and Mathematics achievement (behavior), with the simultaneous investigation of mediating effects…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Personality Traits, Student Characteristics, Mathematics Achievement
Teacher Discussion Facilitation: A New Measure and Its Associations with Students' Perceived Understanding, Interest, and Engagement
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Finn, Amber N.; Schrodt, Paul – Communication Education, 2016
Two studies were conducted to develop a low-inference, behavioral measure of teacher discussion facilitation in the college classroom. In Study 1 (N = 360), a pilot inventory was developed from extant research. In Study 2 (N = 360), confirmatory factor analyses supported the dimensional structure of the pilot inventory and yielded a new, Teacher…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teaching Methods, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Factor Analysis
Teacher Immediacy and Decreased Student Quantitative Reasoning Anxiety: The Mediating Effect of Perception
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Kelly, Stephanie; Rice, Christopher; Wyatt, Bryce; Ducking, Johnny; Denton, Zachary – Communication Education, 2015
There is global concern regarding the increased prevalence of math anxiety among college students, which is credited for a decrease in analytical degree completion rates and lower self-confidence among students in their ability to complete analytical tasks in the real world. The present study identified that, as expected, displays of instructional…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Models, Cues, Teaching Methods
Students' Perceived Understanding Mediates the Effects of Teacher Clarity and Nonverbal Immediacy on Learner Empowerment
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Finn, Amber N.; Schrodt, Paul – Communication Education, 2012
This study examined students' perceived understanding as a mediator of the relationship between student perceptions of teacher clarity, nonverbal immediacy cues, and learner empowerment (i.e., meaningfulness, competence, and impact). Participants included 261 undergraduate students who completed survey instruments. Results of structural equation…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cues, Teacher Effectiveness, Structural Equation Models
The Role of Inner Speech in Human Communication.
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Johnson, John R. – Communication Education, 1984
Examines the role inner speech (as defined by Vygotsky and Sokolov) plays in the thought-word process in order to understand how and why communication skills are interrelated. Presents three intrapersonal/extrapersonal speech models and outlines four procedural rules necessary for effective communication. (PD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Correlation