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Speech Training for Inmate Rehabilitation.
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Parkinson, Michael G.; Dobkins, David H. – Communication Education, 1982
Using a computerized content analysis, the authors demonstrate changes in speech behaviors of prison inmates. They conclude that two to four hours of public speaking training can have only limited effect on students who live in a culture in which "prison speech" is the expected and rewarded form of behavior. (PD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Computer Programs, Content Analysis
Interpersonal Communication Instruction: A Behavioral Competency Approach.
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Glaser, Susan R. – Communication Education, 1983
Describes a behavioral approach to interpersonal communication instruction that helps students develop competencies relevant to social interaction through analysis, practice, implementation, and evaluation. (PD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education, Higher Education
a Competent View of "Competence."
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Phillips, Gerald M. – Communication Education, 1984
Assesses the value of competency/skill research in speech pedagogy. (PD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Competence
A Field Based Model for Determining Adult Communication Behaviors.
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Tuttle, George E. – Communication Education, 1984
Reports the results of stage two of a three-stage project designed to develop, through field testing, a model for determining the norms of general adult communication behavior. Discusses implications of this study, including those for planners of communication instruction. (PD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns