Are Student Self-Reports a Valid Method for Measuring Teacher Nonverbal Immediacy?
- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Communication Education
- Vol. 54 (2), 170-179
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03634520500213389
Abstract
This project was undertaken to address the question of whether student reports are a valid way to measure teacher nonverbal immediacy. In response to concerns about psychometric shortcomings of available immediacy measures, Study 1 was conducted to refine the items used to measure teacher immediacy. The resulting set of 8 items, Nonverbal Immediacy in College Classroom Instruction (NICCI), has two correlated factors: affiliation and animation. In Study 2, student reports of teacher immediacy using the NICCI were compared with observer-coded videotapes of the instructors. The results showed a nonsignificant association (r=−.15) between student reports and coded observations. These findings fail to support the common presumption that student reports are a valid way to measure teacher immediacy behaviors.Keywords
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