Immediacy in the Classroom - 0 views
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Diane Gusa on 12 Aug 11Can a icon or exclamation point do the same?
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ocial psychologist Albert Mehrabian has been credited with defining the concept of immediacy in terms of his "principle of immediacy," which states "people are drawn toward persons and things they like, evaluate highly, and prefer; and they avoid or move away from things they dislike, evaluate negatively, or do not prefer" (Mehrabian, 1971).
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Verbal Behaviors Calling on students by name Uses terms like "we" and "us" to refer to the class Allows for small talk and out of class conversations Gives feedback to students Asks students how they feel about things Allows students to call him/her by first name
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Immediacy is Positively Correlated with:
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Student cognitive learning (Chesebro & McCroskey, 2001; Christophel, 1990; Kelley & Gorham, 1988; Titsworth, 2001), though a smaller relationship was found than for affective learning.
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Perceived instructor competence, caring and trustworthiness (Thweatt, 1999
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Positive student evaluations (Moore, Masterson, Christophel, & Shea, 1996)
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Student attendance and participation (Rocca, 2004)
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Non-verbal immediacy includes behaviors such as smiling, gesturing, eye contact and having relaxed body language. Verbal immediacy refers to calling the students by name, using humor and encouraging student input and discussion.
