Teacher Nonverbal Immediacy: A Study of its Effect on Student Academic Progress and End Of Course Test Performance in a Rural Alternative High School
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Meeting the needs of all students is a continuing challenge for educators. Schools across the nation are designing programs to foster student achievement and graduation. Alternative education programs are gaining in popularity among students who have not succeeded in traditional schools and would previously have dropped out of school. It is essential that teachers connect with students so that students believe teachers care about them and their education. In this quantitative study, a significant correlation was found between students' perception of teacher immediacy, determined with the Nonverbal Immediacy Scale - Observer Report (NIS-O), and their rate of academic progress as measured by the number of hours he/she was academically engaged in earning a Carnegie unit. A significant correlation was not found between teacher immediacy and a student's End of Course Test (EOCT) score. Spearman correlations of each of the two variables of interest with individual items of the NIS-O showed significant negatives correlations of the hours required to earn a Carnegie unit with several survey items.
Author: Jan Richardson Singletary
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W48759651