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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of information‐seeking strategies (i.e., overt, indirect, third party, testing, observing) among students in the college classroom, with a specific focus on identifying (a) which information‐seeking strategies are used by college students and (b) whether student use of information‐seeking strategies is related to perceived instructor clarity, verbal immediacy, and verbal receptivity. Participants were 291 undergraduate students enrolled in a variety of communication courses at two small midwestern universities. Results indicated that (a) the overt strategy is used more frequently than the observing, third party, indirect, and testing strategies, (b) a positive relationship exists between student use of the overt information‐seeking strategy and perceived instructor clarity, verbal immediacy, and verbal receptivity, and (c) a number of negative relationships exists between student use of the indirect, third party, and testing information‐seeking strategies and perceived instructor clarity, verbal immediacy, and verbal receptivity. A significant relationship between student use of the observing information‐seeking strategy and perceived instructor clarity, verbal immediacy, and verbal receptivity was not found.
