The Impact of Student Characteristics and Perceived Instructor Communication Behaviors on Student Involvement

• In Event: Students' Perceptions of the Development of Supportive and Civil Classroom Climates

Abstract

This study explored students’ proactive personality and academic locus of control (ALOC), along with perceived instructor clarity and nonverbal immediacy as predictors of willingness to talk in class (in-class involvement) and self-regulated learning (out-of-class involvement). Teacher clarity predicted out-of-class involvement, while nonverbal immediacy predicted in-class involvement. However, proactivity and ALOC predicted students’ willingness to talk in class and their self-regulated learning. Thus, a sense of ownership over one’s learning environment fosters student involvement.

Author

• Robert Sidelinger, Oakland University