Communication skills as predictors of supervisor and student ratings of teachers

An exploratory study of 123 vocational education teachers suggests the kinds of communication skills that are predictors of two teaching effectiveness criteria: supervisor and student ratings of teachers. The best predictors of supervisor evaluations were a teacher's delivery skills and the amount of time he spent in direct contact with his students. The variables that best predicted student evaluations had to do with how dynamic the teacher was and how well he liked his students.