Kevin C Knoster
Biographic Data
| ID | 174984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin C Knoster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin C |
| FAMILY NAME | Knoster |
| SIGNATURE | KNOSTER K C |
| AFFILIATIONS | West Virginia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3386-9071 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Students’ psychological barriers to rhetorical dissent
Using a longitudinal person-centered approach, we studied students and their impediments to communicating disagreement with instructors over a semester. First, we used latent profile analysis to uncover types of students characterized by their psychological barriers (i.e., discomfort, punishment, and response inefficacy) toward rhetorical dissent at the beginning, middle, and end of a semester. Second, using a random intercept-latent transition a…
A zoom teaching experiment using CTML principles of multimedia design
The purpose of this study was to examine how online synchronous teaching using Zoom might be enhanced by incorporating multimedia principles from the cognitive theory of multimedia learning (CTML). A live lecture teaching experiment was conducted where students were randomly assigned to attend a standard lesson on Zoom (control condition) or the same lesson but with the multimedia principles (signaling, embodiment, and generative activity princip…
Dyadic processes of relational turbulence theory
This study tested dyadic processes of relational turbulence theory (RTT) in heterosexual marriages. We tested propositions 1, 2, and 5 of RTT, which propose that uncertainty about the marriage biases cognitive appraisals, and that interference from a partner heightens negative emotions, both of which culminate in relational turbulence for spouses. Guided by these propositions, husbands' and wives' ( N = 510; 255 marital dyads) dyadic cognitive an…
What matters most? A prioritization of medical students’ preferences for effective teaching
Guided by rhetorical and relational goals theory, this study explores medical students' preferences for effective teaching using a "build-a-professor" design. Using a budget methodology, medical students (N = 177) created their ideal clinical or nonclinical medical school educator by prioritizing 10 teaching behaviors and characteristics from instructional communication literature. Overall, medical students prioritized clarity, relevance, and com…
Instructional dissent over the course of the semester
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to model student trajectories of instructional dissent over the course of a semester. Participants were 312 undergraduate students who completed panel surveys on their worst course of the semester at three time points: during the beginning, middle, and end of a college course. Latent growth curve modeling revealed that, on average, expressive dissent slightly decreased, rhetorical dissent remained unchan…
Making content relevant
Two experiments examined the effect of teaching with content relevance strategies on student learning outcomes. In both experiments, college students were randomly assigned to one of three teaching conditions in which the instructor (a) made no effort to teach the lesson content as relevant (control), (b) taught the same lesson content in a relevant manner (treatment 1), or (c) taught the same lesson content in an irrelevant manner (treatment 2).…
Relational turbulence from the Covid-19 pandemic
Relational turbulence theory posits that external changes to the relational environment compel romantic partners to navigate transitions by establishing new daily routines as interdependent couples. The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented transition fraught with difficult changes that have the potential to be especially disruptive to romantic partners' daily routines as couples alter their patterns of interdependence and adapt their everyday li…
College Student Perceptions of Frequency and Effectiveness of Use of Relevance Strategies
This investigation replicated and extended previous research on the behaviors that college students perceive their instructors use as a way to make course relevant to students’ interests, needs, and goals. In study one, using a sample of 87 undergraduate students, the four categories of relevance-enhancing behaviors (i.e., 10 teaching style, outside course, inside course, and methods and activities) identified by previous research were replicated…
Spousal interference and relational turbulence during the Covid-19 pandemic
Relational Turbulence Theory proposes that when romantic partners interrupt everyday routines in response to transitions, affective arousal will be heightened in the form of more intense emotions. The goal of this study was to test this theoretical logic in a married sample of 165 spouses during the initial peak of the COVID-19 pandemic (April, 2020). Participants completed an online survey measuring how often their spouse interfered with their d…
A conditional process model of academic demands and student learning
This study modeled the strain that academic demands (i.e., taking courses with demanding workloads) place on college students’ academic performance by exploring how sources of student academic support and stress might explain this association. Student participants (N = 302) completed a survey about their most demanding class of the semester and reported on how demanding the class was, how much stress they experienced related to the class, and how…
Relational turbulence from the Covid-19 pandemic
Relational turbulence theory posits that external changes to the relational environment compel romantic partners to navigate transitions by establishing new daily routines as interdependent couples. The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented transition fraught with difficult changes that have the potential to be especially disruptive to romantic partners' daily routines as couples alter their patterns of interdependence and adapt their everyday li…
College Student Perceptions of Frequency and Effectiveness of Use of Relevance Strategies
This investigation replicated and extended previous research on the behaviors that college students perceive their instructors use as a way to make course relevant to students’ interests, needs, and goals. In study one, using a sample of 87 undergraduate students, the four categories of relevance-enhancing behaviors (i.e., 10 teaching style, outside course, inside course, and methods and activities) identified by previous research were replicated…
Spousal interference and relational turbulence during the Covid-19 pandemic
Relational Turbulence Theory proposes that when romantic partners interrupt everyday routines in response to transitions, affective arousal will be heightened in the form of more intense emotions. The goal of this study was to test this theoretical logic in a married sample of 165 spouses during the initial peak of the COVID-19 pandemic (April, 2020). Participants completed an online survey measuring how often their spouse interfered with their d…
A conditional process model of academic demands and student learning
This study modeled the strain that academic demands (i.e., taking courses with demanding workloads) place on college students’ academic performance by exploring how sources of student academic support and stress might explain this association. Student participants (N = 302) completed a survey about their most demanding class of the semester and reported on how demanding the class was, how much stress they experienced related to the class, and how…
What matters most? A prioritization of medical students’ preferences for effective teaching
Guided by rhetorical and relational goals theory, this study explores medical students' preferences for effective teaching using a "build-a-professor" design. Using a budget methodology, medical students (N = 177) created their ideal clinical or nonclinical medical school educator by prioritizing 10 teaching behaviors and characteristics from instructional communication literature. Overall, medical students prioritized clarity, relevance, and com…
Instructional dissent over the course of the semester
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to model student trajectories of instructional dissent over the course of a semester. Participants were 312 undergraduate students who completed panel surveys on their worst course of the semester at three time points: during the beginning, middle, and end of a college course. Latent growth curve modeling revealed that, on average, expressive dissent slightly decreased, rhetorical dissent remained unchan…
Making content relevant
Two experiments examined the effect of teaching with content relevance strategies on student learning outcomes. In both experiments, college students were randomly assigned to one of three teaching conditions in which the instructor (a) made no effort to teach the lesson content as relevant (control), (b) taught the same lesson content in a relevant manner (treatment 1), or (c) taught the same lesson content in an irrelevant manner (treatment 2).…
Relational turbulence from the Covid-19 pandemic
Relational turbulence theory posits that external changes to the relational environment compel romantic partners to navigate transitions by establishing new daily routines as interdependent couples. The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented transition fraught with difficult changes that have the potential to be especially disruptive to romantic partners' daily routines as couples alter their patterns of interdependence and adapt their everyday li…
A zoom teaching experiment using CTML principles of multimedia design
The purpose of this study was to examine how online synchronous teaching using Zoom might be enhanced by incorporating multimedia principles from the cognitive theory of multimedia learning (CTML). A live lecture teaching experiment was conducted where students were randomly assigned to attend a standard lesson on Zoom (control condition) or the same lesson but with the multimedia principles (signaling, embodiment, and generative activity princip…
Dyadic processes of relational turbulence theory
This study tested dyadic processes of relational turbulence theory (RTT) in heterosexual marriages. We tested propositions 1, 2, and 5 of RTT, which propose that uncertainty about the marriage biases cognitive appraisals, and that interference from a partner heightens negative emotions, both of which culminate in relational turbulence for spouses. Guided by these propositions, husbands' and wives' ( N = 510; 255 marital dyads) dyadic cognitive an…
Students’ psychological barriers to rhetorical dissent
Using a longitudinal person-centered approach, we studied students and their impediments to communicating disagreement with instructors over a semester. First, we used latent profile analysis to uncover types of students characterized by their psychological barriers (i.e., discomfort, punishment, and response inefficacy) toward rhetorical dissent at the beginning, middle, and end of a semester. Second, using a random intercept-latent transition a…
Psychology (9 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (6 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Anger (4 works) · Online and Blended Learning (4 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Mediation (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works)