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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"classroom communication"”.
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Student engagement: a general concept and in vocal classroom communication
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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An Investigation of International Students' Self-Esteem and Public Self-Consciousness on Classroom Communication Apprehension
… of self-esteem and public self-consciousness on classroom communication apprehension of international students on U.S. campuses. The study uncovers significant correlations between self-esteem and communication apprehension, and between public self-consciousness and communication apprehension in …
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Classroom communication and academic performance of learners with impairments: A case of Solwezi and Munali Secondary Schoosl
The study sought to investigate the impact of classroom communication on the academic performance of learners with hearing impairments at Solwezi and Munali Secondary Schools. The objectives of the study were as follows: To identify classroom communication techniques that were used in classrooms …
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Effectiveness of the classroom communication resource in changing primary school learners' attitudes towards children who stutter after one month: A feasibility study
… especially in the primary schooling years. The Classroom Communication resource (CCR) was developed as a teacher-administered classroom-based education programme aiming to improve peers' attitudes towards CWS. The focus of this feasibility study was to determine the initial treatment effect of …
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The Classroom Communication Resource (CCR) intervention to change grade 7 peers' attitudes towards children who stutter (CWS) in the Western Cape: a randomised controlled trial
… attitudes of their peers. The intervention, the Classroom Communication Resource (CCR), was implemented by teachers in classrooms. The primary objective of the main study was to determine the effectiveness of the CCR through a cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). The secondary objective of …
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Large lectures are hard: an exploration in meaningful social visualizations for large group communication
… fostering crowd engagement, backchannel communication, and various classroom communication technologies. Next, work is reviewed regarding a system for real-time classroom interaction, the Fragmented Social Mirror (FSM), as well as the results that were seen with the FSM in a pilot study. …
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Graduate Teaching Assistant Interpretations and Responses to Student Immediacy Cues
<p>Current research on immediacy and classroom communication primarily focuses on the impact of teacher behaviors on students, and does not focus on the dual influence of teachers and students. Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) have unique communication concerns and provide a context to explore …
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Graduate Teaching Assistant Interpretations and Responses to Student Immediacy Cues
<p>Current research on immediacy and classroom communication primarily focuses on the impact of teacher behaviors on students, and does not focus on the dual influence of teachers and students. Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) have unique communication concerns and provide a context to explore …
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University Education in a Postmodern Era: Building a Narrative Ethic of Civil Communication in the Classroom
… question: How can educators quell communicative classroom incivilities (CI) that are currently harming teaching and learning? Sources of CI in a postmodern United States university classroom involve: student entitlement, lack of institutional support for a growing contingent faculty, and …
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Analysis of teacher verbal feedback in a Thai postgraduate classroom
This is an analytic and descriptive classroom-centred research, the purpose of which is to investigate a Thai postgraduate teacher’s verbal feedback in relation to the course objectives and his personal teaching goals in an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) classroom. The participant of the …
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GENDERED EDUCATION: NARRATING THE SILENCE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE CLASSROOM
… in order to understand the reasoning behind our classroom communication. I start by defining silence and continue by reviewing literature surrounding the topic of silence. Then, I focus on my own experiences autoethnographically to understand some of the ways I have come to understand my own …
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A Study of Verbal Immediacy in Army Simulator Maintenance Training
… Hoover, and George Musambira Department of Communication Western Kentucky University Rapid development of computer technology has encouraged the use of computers in education; however, understanding the impact this technology has on classroom communication is just beginning. At present, no …
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Classroom intervention to change peers' attitudes towards children who stutter: a pilot study six months post-intervention
The Classroom Communication Resource (CCR) intervention was developed to improve peer attitudes towards children who stutter (CWS). This pilot study will inform the feasibility of a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) through the following aims: 1. To analyse selected procedural aspects including …
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A Critical Disability Pedagogy: Legitimizing Dyslexia
… way of knowing and writing? How can we make our classrooms more accessible? And (3) What can we learn about the educational institution from a dyslexic positionality? After reviewing the literature on dyslexia from the areas of special education, disability studies in education, critical …
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Using active learning strategies to investigate student learning and attitudes in a large enrollment, introductory geology course
… evaluation were through four unit exams, classroom communication systems, weekly web-based homework, in-class activities, and a thematic collaborative poster/paper project and presentation. The qualitative methods to investigate the effectiveness of the teaching design included: direct …
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An examination of socially constructed whole group storybook reading in three pre primary classrooms
… of whole group storybook reading in pre primary classrooms. The study is centred in the shared communications that occur between pre primary teachers and students before, during and after the storybook reading. In particular, insights are sought on the nature and extent of the pre primary …
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The effects of sex and context on student's interpretation of teachers' high immediacy messages
… relationships, student participation in the classroom and in extra-class interaction, and increased student learning. Thus, scholars have consistently encouraged educators to increase their use of immediacy in contacts with students. However, some previous research found that high levels of …
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