An exploratory investigation examining the cues that students use to form initial impressions and expectancies of lecturers |
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| Authors: | Phil David John Birch John Batten Andrew John Manley Matthew Jeffery Smith |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Sport Sciences , University of Chichester , Chichester , PO19 6PE , England P.Birch@chi.ac.uk;3. Department of Sport Studies , The University of Winchester , Winchester , SO22 4NR , England;4. Carnegie Faculty , Leeds Metropolitan University , Leeds , LS6 3QS , England;5. Department of Sport Sciences , University of Chichester , Chichester , PO19 6PE , England |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this study was to examine the informational cues that students perceive to be influential when developing initial impressions and expectancies of a lecturer. Undergraduate university students (n = 452) were required to rate the extent to which 30 informational cues (e.g. gender, qualifications) influence their initial perceptions of a lecturer. Following exploratory factor analysis (EFA), a five-factor model (i.e. appearance (APP), accessories (ACC), third party reports (TPR), communication skills (CS), nationality/ethnicity (NE) was extracted. Inspection of mean scores identified that students rated TPR (e.g. teaching experience) and CS (e.g. speed of speech) to be influential factors in forming initial impressions and expectancies of a lecturer. The findings identify the potential for expectancy effects within student–lecturer interactions. |
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| Keywords: | teaching impression formation expectancies person perception information cues |
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