Students' Perceived Understanding Mediates the Effects of Teacher Clarity and Nonverbal Immediacy on Learner Empowerment

Autor/inn/en	Finn, Amber N.; Schrodt, Paul
Titel	Students' Perceived Understanding Mediates the Effects of Teacher Clarity and Nonverbal Immediacy on Learner Empowerment
Quelle	In: Communication Education, 61 (2012) 2, S.111-130 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-4523
DOI	10.1080/03634523.2012.656669
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Cues; Teacher Effectiveness; Structural Equation Models; Student Empowerment; Correlation; Nonverbal Communication; Competence; Surveys; Student Attitudes; Classroom Communication; Teacher Behavior; Private Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Studienberechtigung; Korrelation; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Kompetenz; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Schülerverhalten; Klassengespräch; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Privathochschule
Abstract	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 modeling indicated that students' perceptions of teacher clarity and nonverbal immediacy enhanced students' perceived understanding, which in turn positively predicted all three dimensions of learner empowerment. Bootstrapping analyses revealed significant indirect effects for student perceptions of teacher clarity and immediacy on the impact and competence dimensions of learner empowerment. Collectively, the results highlight perceived understanding as a key theoretical mechanism that further explains the associations among student perceptions of instructors' communication behaviors and learner empowerment. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10