A meta‐analytical review of the relationship between teacher immediacy and student learning

By Paul L. Witt, Lawrence R. Wheeless, Mike Allen. 2004

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Subfields: Education, Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology

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Open the Windows of Communication: Promoting Interpersonal and Group Interactions Using Blogs in Higher Education (2009, unknown): “The positive impact of immediacy on learning process and outcomes has been widely tested in offline classrooms (see Witt, Wheeless, & Allen, 2004 ).”
The Influence of Affective Teacher–Student Relationships on Students’ School Engagement and Achievement (2011, background): “Allen, Witt, & Wheeless, 2006; Witt, Wheeless, & Allen, 2004), but smaller associations between teachers’ communication and cognitive learning (Witt et al., 2004).”
Two Meta-analyses Exploring the Relationship between Teacher Clarity and Student Learning (2015, background): “For instance, in another meta-analysis on instructional communication, Witt et al. (2004) found that the effects of instructor immediacy on learning were stronger in survey designs than experimental designs.”
R U Able to Meat Me: The Impact of Students’ Overly Casual Email Messages to Instructors (2009, background): “Interpersonal affect is key in all interpersonal relationships but is particularly important in the instructor!student relationship (Frymier & Houser, 2000; Pogue & Ahyun, 2006; Witt et al., 2004).”
Teacher Immediacy and Decreased Student Quantitative Reasoning Anxiety: The Mediating Effect of Perception (2015, background): “To reiterate, immediacy cues have previously been identified to positively influence student motivation, as well as a plethora of other prosocial learning outcomes in the classroom (Allen et al., 2006; Witt et al., 2004).”
Professor–Student Rapport Scale Predicts Student Outcomes (2010, background): “Instructor verbal immediacy also has been associated with student motivation (Frymier, 1993; Wilson, 2006), perceptions of learning (Menzel & Carrell, 1999; Witt et al., 2004), and both attitude toward the course and the instructor (Moore, Masterson, Christophel, & Shea, 1996; Wilson, 2006).”
The Relationship between Teacher Immediacy and Student Motivation. (2008, background): “Previous research has indicated a similar substantial positive relationship and the overall question design supports a positive correlation (Witt et al., 2004).”
The Role of Teacher Immediacy as a Motivational Factor in Student Learning: Using Meta-Analysis to Test a Causal Model (2006, methodology): “The studies used in Witt et al. (2004) were examined to determine if the manuscripts had measured the relationship between affective and cognitive learning.”
Instructor Credibility as a Mediator of Instructors’ Prosocial Communication Behaviors and Students’ Learning Outcomes (2009, background): “As Witt et al. (2004) noted, no other instructional communication construct has received more attention and simultaneously generated more controversy in recent years than teacher immediacy.”