The relationships among teacher immediacy behaviors, student motivation, and learning
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Communication Education
- Vol. 39 (4), 323-340
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03634529009378813
Abstract
Two studies investigated the relationship between teacher immediacy and student state motivation and the combined impact of these factors on learning. Study One participants completed all instruments based on a preceding class. The scales were randomly split between students in Study Two who completed them based on an intact class. Correlations revealed significant relationships between learning and both immediacy and motivation. Regression analyses indicated both unique and colinear predictability of learning by nonverbal immediacy and state motivation. Immediacy appears to modify motivation which leads to increased learning. Important implications of Study Two data indicate relationships observed in earlier research were not a simple function of confounding when scores were reported by the same subjects completing multiple instruments.Keywords
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