Preface

SECTION ONE Our Students

Learning Goals and Objectives

James C. McCroskey

Student Listening Behavior

Joseph L. Chesebro

Willingness to Communicate and Communication Apprehension in the Classroom

Linda L. McCroskey

James C. McCroskey

Students' Motives for Communicating with Their Instructors

Mathew M. Martin

Scott A. Myers

Timothy P. Mottet

Student Nonverbal Communication and Its Influence on Teachers and Teaching

Timothy P. Mottet

Virginia P. Richmond

SECTION TWO Our Teaching Behavior

Teacher Nonverbal Immediacy: Uses and Outcomes

Virginia P. Richmond

Making Content Relevant to Students

Ann Bainbridge Frymier

Teaching Clearly

Joseph L. Chesebro

Socio-Communicative Style and Orientation in Instruction: Giving Good Communication and Receiving Good Communication

Virginia P. Richmond

Use of Humor in the Classroom: The Good, the Bad, and the Not-So-Funny Things That Teachers Say and Do

Melissa Wanzer

Understanding Student Reactions to Teachers Who Misbehave

Patricia Kearney

Timothy G. Plax

Terre H. Allen

Teacher Behavior and Student Motivation

Diane M. Millette

Joan Gorham

SECTION THREE Special Topics in Instructional Communication

Teacher Communication in the Distance Education Context

Timothy P. Mottet

Sue L. Stewart

Communicating with Students from Other Cultures

Candice Thomas-Maddox

Communicating with Students of Various Ages

Jon F. Nussbaum

Doreen K. Baringer

Amanda Lee Kundrat

The Big Picture: ``Putting It All Together'' to Communicate More Effectively with Students

Joseph L. Chesebro

Appendix A Theory into Practice: Training Graduate Teaching Assistants to Communicate More Effectively in Their Classrooms

K. David Roach

Appendix B About the Editors and Contributors

Index