Students' Initial Impressions of Teaching Effectiveness

Abstract

Based on these results, the most important finding is that most student open-ended comments regarding their instructors on the first day of class, whether elicited at the end of class or when instructed to stop a tape when an instructor did something that affected their impression, focused on Communicative Competence. Although students did make numerous comments about instructor Concern for Students, Communicative Competence behaviors seem more closely related to evaluations, especially negative evaluations.