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Watkins, Karen – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
Recommendations are presented for dealing with difficult students and the questions they ask during classroom discussions. Brief ideas are provided for handling argumentative individuals, long-winded questioners, and questions for which the instructor does not have a good answer. A discussion of curved or loaded questions (pseudoquestions)…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Guidelines, Postsecondary Education
St. John, Walter – The Practitioner, 1990
Improving communications between administration and staff members is an urgent, ongoing need. Schools should adopt a communications philosophy in conjunction with continuing communication effectiveness. These evaluations must have clear and understandable objectives, mainly to pinpoint communication strengths and weaknesses. All essential…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Responsibility, Communication Audits, Communication Problems