Student learning and performance under varying conditions of teacher verbal and nonverbal evaluative communication.

Children's Reported Responses to Teachers' Non-verbal Signals: a pilot study

“…Both these differences could mean that the responses recorded here would be unrepresentative of those which would occur in the real classroom. The little experimental work available, such as the studies of Woolfolk et al (1977) and Woolfolk (1978) carried out under rather artificial conditions, has produced varying estimates of the relative importance of verbal and nonverbal communication; as Woolfolk et al (1977) point out, studies under different conditions have tended to produce different results. Further research is needed under rather more naturalistic conditions, especially on the types of communication typically used by inexperienced teachers who are having problems.…”

Nonverbal Communication in Teaching

“…Chaikin et al (1974) recommended that one strategy for studying the responses of students to variations in the nonverbal behavior of teachers would be to train teachers to simulate particular behaviors in tutorial or group settings, then assess the perceptions of students in response to these variations in nonverbal behavior. Several studies by Woolfolk and Woolfolk and their associates have used such an approach in an attempt to increase external validity while maintaining experimental control (Woolfolk, 1978 1977). To achieve maximum commonality with daily classroom experience, students participated in these studies in a vacant classroom of their school, instead of in a college laboratory.…”

Utilizing Authentic Videos: An Action Research to Enhance Students' Ability in Developing Their Speaking Content

“…The use of teaching media that suits with students' learning characteristic can attract students' attention because they like it (Woolfolk, 2009). Another reason why we can get students' attention by using authentic videos is the aspects or occurrences featured in a video are almost the same as what happens in the real life (Heinich, Molenda & Russell, 1982).…”

“…Besides, media selection should also consider students' needs (Ampa, et. al., 2013) and students' learning characteristic (Woolfolk, 2009). If students are audio learners, teachers can use song or one's speech when they are teaching.…”