Is there still a chill? Student perceptions of gender bias in the college classroom.

dc.contributor.advisorFriedrich, Gustav,en_US
dc.contributor.authorJones, Robin A. Steverson.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-16T12:29:36Z
dc.date.available2013-08-16T12:29:36Z
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates student perceptions of gender bias in the college classroom. Utilizing the Student Perception Questionnaire, Personal Report of Communication Apprehension, and student perceptions of teacher immediacy, five research questions are answered dealing with patterns of teacher interaction with students and inclass participation by students.en_US
dc.description.abstractSurveys of student perceptions' of teacher/student interaction and teacher verbal and nonverbal immediacy in classes with enrollments under 50 students and students' self report of personal communication apprehension provided the data for the study. Descriptive statistics and crosstabulations were run in order to determine if differences exist between male and female perceptions of teacher interactions, instructors perceived to be immediate and non-immediate, and students possessing high and low communication apprehension.en_US
dc.description.abstractFurther study is warranted to compare student perceptions of classroom interactions with actual classroom behaviors of both students and instructors.en_US
dc.description.abstractStudent reports suggest that more immediate instructors are perceived to be less gender biased in their interactions with students. Significant differences exist on five of the items identified as teacher interaction items on the Student Perception Questionnaire. However, no differences are found between male and female responses dealing with teacher interaction and between high and low communicative apprehensive students.en_US
dc.format.extentxv, 114 leaves :en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/5466
dc.noteMajor Professor: Gustav Friedrich.en_US
dc.noteSource: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-03, Section: A, page: 0645.en_US
dc.subjectCommunication in education United States.en_US
dc.subjectWomen's Studies.en_US
dc.subjectSex discrimination in higher education United States.en_US
dc.subjectSpeech Communication.en_US
dc.subjectEducation, Sociology of.en_US
dc.subjectCollege students United States Attitudes.en_US
dc.subjectTeacher-student relationships United States.en_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineDepartment of Communicationen_US
dc.titleIs there still a chill? Student perceptions of gender bias in the college classroom.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
ou.groupCollege of Arts and Sciences::Department of Communication
ou.identifier(UMI)AAI9724422en_US

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