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The Relationship Between Student Identity Development And The Perception Of Political Bias In The College Classroom, Darren Linvill
The Relationship Between Student Identity Development And The Perception Of Political Bias In The College Classroom, Darren Linvill
Darren L Linvill
This study explored the relationship between identity development, as gauged by Marcia's identity development construct, and student perception of instructor political bias. Regression analysis was employed to compare participant responses on the Ego Identity Process Questionnaire, a measure of Marcia's construct, with the Political Bias in the Classroom Survey, a measure gauging perceptions of and reactions to instructor political bias. The EIPQ's commitment scale was found to be a significant positive indicator for the PBCS's perception scale, suggesting that students who are strongly committed to their identity are more likely to perceive an instructor as having a political bias. Recommendations …
The Role Of Student Aggressive Communication Traits In The Perception Of Instructor Ideological Bias In The Classroom, Darren Linvill, Joseph P. Mazer
The Role Of Student Aggressive Communication Traits In The Perception Of Instructor Ideological Bias In The Classroom, Darren Linvill, Joseph P. Mazer
Darren L Linvill
Research indicates that Americans believe instructor political bias to be a serious problem in the college classroom, as many professors are considered a liberal elite. In light of scholarship suggesting that characteristics students bring with them to the classroom may influence their perception of instructor communication behaviors, the present study explores the role student aggressive communication traits play in students' dispositional inferences of their instructors holding an ideological bias and how students react to that inference in the college classroom. Results reveal that students' verbal aggressiveness predicts their perceptions of instructor ideological bias, whereas students' argumentativeness predicts their reactions to …