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Students’ uncertainty management in the college classroom
- Source :
- Communication Education. 67:73-87
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- The uncertainty experienced by college students can have serious repercussions for their success and subsequent retention. Drawing parallels between instructional context and organizational context will enrich theory and research about students’ experiences of uncertainty in their college courses. Therefore, this study used Uncertainty Management Theory to explore how students manage their uncertainty about college courses with their classmates. Overall, the results suggest that although students experience uncertainty mostly related to their academic needs, their uncertainty management focuses more on their socioemotional needs. In managing their uncertainty, students rely on direct communication with their peers, which suggests the importance of considering uncertainty management as a relational activity as opposed to an independent activity. Given this, instructors can facilitate classroom climates and activities that allow students to establish relationships with one another and work interdepe...
- Subjects :
- Socioemotional selectivity theory
Information seeking
Communication
05 social sciences
050301 education
050801 communication & media studies
Context (language use)
Interpersonal communication
Academic achievement
Language and Linguistics
Education
0508 media and communications
Theory of Motivated Information Management
Pedagogy
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION
Mathematics education
Psychology
0503 education
Parallels
Uncertainty reduction theory
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14795795 and 03634523
- Volume :
- 67
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Communication Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........18bacb9c0395d8c0ea3c82e2e377a8f1