The relationship between college student information‐seeking behaviors and perceived instructor verbal behaviors

The Effect of Teacher Confirmation on Student Communication and Learning Outcomes

“…Even so, students only ask on average, less than four questions per hour (Pearson & West, 1991;West & Pearson, 1994). Additionally, Myers and Knox (2001) discovered that students rely on primarily overt informationseeking strategies with those teachers perceived high in clarity, verbal immediacy, and verbal receptivity. Students' use of indirect information-seeking strategies is negatively related to instructor verbal receptivity, and the use of third party and testing strategies is related negatively with instructor clarity, verbal immediacy, and verbal receptivity.…”

The relationship between student communication motives and information seeking

“…Students who are motivated to communicate for functional reasons (i.e., a desire to learn more about the course assignments, materials, and requirements) may be more inclined to use the overt strategy because it is the only direct information-seeking strategy. Myers and Knox (2001) reported that college students use the overt strategy more frequently than the other four strategies.…”

“…Miller and Jablin (1991) identified five such informationseeking strategies: overt, indirect, third party, testing, and observing. Although these strategies are used primarily by organizational newcomers (Miller, 1996;Teboul, 1994Teboul, , 1995, they are also used by undergraduate and graduate college students (Myers, 1998a;Myers & Knox, 2001). The overt strategy is the only strategy that involves direct interaction between two individuals (Ashford & Cummings, 1983;Miller & Jablin, 1991).…”

“Psst … What Do You Think?” The Relationship between Advice Prestige, Type of Advice, and Academic Performance

“…It is possible that the network and its characteristics developed uniquely within this class, perhaps due to their teacher. Previous research (e.g., Myers & Knox, 2001) shows that students' reported information-seeking practices vary by perceptions of their teachers. The class studied herein covered communication content.…”