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The impact of communication apprehension on college student retention and success
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In this paper, a four-year longitudinal study of the impact of communication apprehension on grade point average and persistence at the university level was conducted, which indicated high CA students were significantly more likely to drop out and attain lower grade point averages compared to low CA students.Abstract:
Communication apprehension is conceptualized as a causal agent in student success. It is implicated in both academic and interpersonal success, two factors identified by prior resesarch as primary predictors of persistence. A four year longitudinal study of the impact of communication apprehension on grade point average and persistence at the university level was conducted. Results indicated high CA students were significantly more likely to drop out and attain lower grade point averages compared to low CA students. The impact of CA was strongest during the first two years. A replication of the study confirmed the impact of CA on student persistence. It is concluded the impact of CA on the probablity of high CA students’ survival in college is substantial and this impact adds to the case favoring the provision of training programs to assist such students overcome their apprehension about communication.read more
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Measuring trait communication apprehension: A test of rival measurement models of the PRCA‐24
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared three measurement models of a common measure of trait communication apprehension, the PRCA•24, including a linear, unidimensional model, a Guttman simplex, and a second-order factor structure.
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Effects of Instruction on Communication Apprehension and Communication Competence
TL;DR: This article assessed how classroom instruction might result in changes in students' communication competence (CC) and communication apprehension (CA) and found that high apprehensive and low competence students experienced greater changes in their respective PRCA and SPCC scores than did their counterparts.
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Meta-Analysis of the Relationship between Communication Apprehension and Cognitive Performance.
John Bourhis,Mike Allen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis was conducted of 23 manuscripts containing information on 30 experiments that examined the relationship between communication apprehension (CA) and cognitive performance (e.g., IQ grade point averages, course grades, assignment grades, and test scores).
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The revised learning indicators scale
TL;DR: In this paper, the learning indicators scale was revised to eliminate the communication based items and the revised scale was uncorrelated with communication apprehension as predicted, and positively correlated with learner empowerment, nonverbal immediacy, affective learning, state motivation, and grades.
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The relationship between students' reports of learning and their actual recall of lecture material: A validity test
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors called the use of the learning loss scale into question to the extent that the scale has not been validated experimentally, in order to conduct such a validation, students' performance in an experimental lecture was compared to their self-report of how much they learned during that lecture.
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