The Influence of Teachers' Nonverbal Behaviors on Students' Perceptions and Performance

A Reinvestigation of the Relationship of Teacher Nonverbal Immediacy and Student Compliance-Resistance with Learning

“…This conclusion may be important in terms of training teachers in immediacy behaviors, as a means of reducing resistance and eliciting student feedback. Woolfolk and Brooks (1985) found that teacher's nonverbal behavior plays a major role in developing and maintaining student cooperation in the classroom.…”

“…Guided by the immediacy principle that ''people are drawn toward persons and things that they like, evaluate highly, and prefer'' (Mehrabian, 1971, p.1), students have consistently reported to like a more immediate teacher (Andersen, 1979;Andersen, Norton, & Nussbaum, 1981;Kearney, Plax, & Wendt-Wasco, 1985;Rodgers & McCroskey, 1984;Rocca & McCroskey, 1999). Woolfolk and Brooks (1985) suggest that teachers' nonverbal behaviors play a major role in developing and maintaining student cooperation in the classroom. Validating this relationship, Kearney, Plax, Smith, and Sorensen (1988) found that students were more willing to comply with immediate teachers.…”

Instructor-Student Interpersonal Interaction and Student Outcomes at the University Level in Indonesia~!2009-08-15~!2009-01-08~!2010-03-09~!

“…Research on teacher behavior and student learning has taken many forms, including a focus on teacher expectation studies [45,46], the influence of teacher non-verbal behavior on student performance [47], managing classrooms and students [48], the influence of teacher socialization style on student cognition [49] and studies of expert and novice teachers [50]. However, it was from research that originated in The Netherlands that the study of interpersonal teacher behavior came to focus more specifically on the impact on students' learning of the interactional and mutually-influencing relationship between teacher and students.…”

Engaging ADHD students in tasks with hand gestures: a pedagogical possibility for teachers

“…Educators and researchers have found that teachers' nonverbal behaviours can elicit a significantly greater number of student responses during lessons and classroom activities than verbal behaviours (e.g. Grant & Hennings, 1971;Keith et al, 1974;Mon, 1974;Bishop, 1976;Galloway, 1977;Woolfolk & Brooks, 1985;Woolfolk & Galloway, 1985;Neill, 1991;Neill & Caswell, 1993). Recently, one particular type of nonverbal behaviour, the spontaneous hand gestures that accompany speech, has been the focus of many studies.…”