Students' Initial Impressions of Teaching Effectiveness

Based on these results, the most important finding is that most student open-ended comments regarding their instructors on the first day of class, whether elicited at the end of class or when instructed to stop a tape when an instructor did something that affected their impression, focused on Communicative Competence. Although students did make numerous comments about instructor Concern for Students, Communicative Competence behaviors seem more closely related to evaluations, especially negative evaluations.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Speech Communication

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Hayward, Pamela Ann

Contributors dc:contributor

• Clark, Ruth Anne

• Psychology, Social

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9990017

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87574