The impact of teacher immediacy and perceived caring on teacher competence and trustworthiness

Twitter Use and its Effects on Student Perception of Instructor Credibility

“…They saw Twitter as extending the classroom, improving relationships with instructors, and providing useful examples of how to professionally use social media. Consistent with previous research, these positive views about Twitter use by instructors align with the research on self-disclosure as a mechanism for creating immediacy and increasing perceptions of credibility (Teven & Hanson, 2004). Other students viewed instructors' Twitter use as extremely negative.…”

“…Credibility is important to maintain, as it can influence student learning outcomes (McCroskey et al, 2004) as well as student motivation to learn (Martin et al, 1997). A number of factors can have an effect on one's perceived credibility, including high immediacy (Thweatt & McCroskey, 1998), relatability (Teven & Hanson, 2004), and selfdisclosure (McCroskey, 1992). Brookfield (2006) posited that an instructor's self-disclosure increases their personhood (the students' beliefs that their instructor has a life outside of the classroom) in the eyes of their students.…”

Teacher Effectiveness Examined as a System: Interpretive Structural Modeling and Facilitation Sessions with U.S. and Japanese Students

“…This study was designed to examine teacher effectiveness globally as a set of relationships among a number of teacher behaviors and characteristics. This methodology is different from the majority of past research in teacher effectiveness and immediacy, which have examined one or a few constructs in isolation (Allen, Witt & Wheeless, 2006;Johnson & Miller, 2002;Teven & Hanson, 2004). The dynamic relationships involved with a host of teacher communication behaviors and teacher characteristics in relation to teacher effectiveness are to date largely unknown; therefore, a systems approach has great merit in communication education research since it involves discovering how the different teacher communication behaviors and characteristics interact and work together.…”

“…For example, past research has shown that immediacy is associated with perceptions of instructor clarity (Powell & Harville, 1990), humor orientation (Wanzer & Frymier, 1999), instructor socio-communicative style (Thomas, Richmond, & McCroskey, 1994), instructor use of behavior alteration techniques (Kearney, Plax, Smith, & Sorensen, 1988), teacher competence and trustworthiness (Teven & Hanson, 2004), motivational factors for student learning (Allen, Witt, & Wheeless, 2006), teacher credibility (Johnson & Miller, 2002), and other positive outcomes. Allen, Witt, and Wheeless (2006) argued that an immediacy learning process exists; however, the interrelationships and the particular content involved in this process need to be examined.…”

The Relationship between English Teacher Misbehaviors in the Classroom and Students’ Perception of Teacher Credibility

“…The role of source credibility in communication, or in-class lecture delivery has been studied extensively by many researchers (McCroskey & Teven, 1999;McCroskey & Young, 1981;Self, 1996;Teven, 2001). Studies have shown that the effectiveness of a persuasive message is partly dependent upon the receiver's perception of credibility of the source or the speaker (Burgoon, 1976;McCroskey & Teven, 1999;Teven & Hanson, 2004). Higher source credibility proved to be correlated with greater persuasive effectiveness (McCroskey & Teven, 1999;Teven, 2007).…”