Date of Award
12-1982
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Dr. James A. Gilchrist
Second Advisor
Dr. W. James Potter
Third Advisor
Dr. June Cottrell
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Increasing numbers of nontraditional students, many of them women, are enrolling in college and university classes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the instructional communicator style expectations of nontraditional and traditional male and female undergraduate students. Students were asked to rate their own preferences on a variety of items designed to reflect instructional communicator styles. The researcher looked for differences in student expectations of their "ideal teachers" based on age and sex.
Nontraditional students rated the precise style of instructional communication higher than the traditional students who gave higher ratings to the friendly, open, dominant, and contentious styles. Differences in past experiences and present commitments may account for these ratings.
Female students rated the friendly and animated styles of instructional communication higher than the male students who gave higher ratings to the precise and contentious styles. Differences in self concepts and expectations may account for these ratings.
Recommended Citation
Snyder, Chryl Irvine, "An Investigation of the Instructional Communicator Style Expectations of Nontraditional and Traditional Male and Female Undergraduate Students" (1982). Masters Theses. 1723.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1723