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Kim, Min-Sun – Human Communication Research, 1994
Investigates how cultural groups differ in the relative importance they attach to conversational constraints. Suggests that the perceived importance of clarity is higher in the more individualistic cultures but that the perceived importance of avoiding hurting the hearer's feelings and of minimizing imposition is higher in the more collectivistic…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Thomas, L. Todd; Levine, Timothy R. – Human Communication Research, 1994
Examines 73 participants on the relationship between verbal recall and listening, using measures of listening behavior as a criterion. Considers three possible models: (1) isomorphic, (2) confounding, and (3) recall ability as antecedent to listening. Finds that a model stipulating verbal recall ability as antecedent to listening provides the best…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity, Higher Education
Allen, Mike; Burrell, Nancy – 1994
The current legal standing of homosexual parents seeking custody of their children remains precarious. Courts determine custody and visitation on the basis of the "best interests of the child." Current judicial rulings reflect a bias against awarding custody or granting visitation rights to homosexual parents, favoring the heterosexual…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Dagher, Zoubeida; Cossman, George – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Explores the nature of explanations used by 20 middle school science teachers utilizing the constant comparative analysis method in analyzing transcripts of classroom discourse. Discusses a subsuming categorical framework for the 10 types of explanations generated, along with examples of each type, namely: analogical, anthropomorphic, functional,…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Kizer, Elizabeth – 1985
Acknowledging that, although a survey of educational offerings in Norway reveals courses in theater, mass media, and speech therapy, the curriculum does not contain oral communication courses per se, such as those found in the United States, this article compares how and why general education systems and speech education have developed differently…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment