Personnel representatives were shown one of four videotaped job interviews in which the verbal content of the 16-minute interview was identical, but the interviewee's nonverbal behavior was manipulated. Nonverbal behavior was found to have a significant effect on almost every rating made by subjects in this study. (Author)

This study assessed communication initiation and repair behaviors of 28 adults with severe/profound mental retardation in a variety of settings. All subjects communicated through nonsymbolic gestures. All subjects initiated at least one communication act; all but three subjects repaired at least one communication act following a breakdown. Recasts…

There are essentially four types of non-verbal communication: touching, moving, gazing (these are the truly "non-verbal modalities"), and para-linguistic aspects of vocalizing. These types of non-verbal communication are measured in five different dimensions: (1) frequency, (2) duration, (3) magnitude, (4) rates-frequency per time, (5)…

The author explores the idea that nonverbal communication can be disordered, describes several types of nonverbal disorders (such as impaired eye movement, inappropriate body movements, idiosyncratic mannerisms, and voice disorders), explains sources of nonverbal disorders, and suggests therapeutic procedures. (IM)

A group of young children (17 to 24 months), although capable of semantically equivalent verbal behavior, tended to persist with gestures when experiencing communicative failure. The children may not have realized a verbal behavior can replace or enhance gestural communication. (MSE)

Discusses the need for supervisors to be aware of the possible negative impact of their "body language" when dealing with their subordinates. (JG)

Issues in nonverbal communication and their implications for school personnel directors are examined in this literature review. The first section presents research findings pertaining to the nonverbal behavior of school administrators, particularly that of principals. Literature on nonverbal behavior exhibited during the employment interview is…

This booklet discusses four aspects of nonverbal communication: understanding silent language; nonverbal communication in the classroom; how the unspoken, unwritten curriculum operates; and measuring nonverbal behavior. The discussion focuses on the nature of nonverbal communication, nonverbal communication and involvement, humaneness and the…

The article reviews the literature concerning the use of gestures as a part of the total system of communication, focusing on those gestural characteristics of the congenitally blind that distinguish them from sighted persons. (DLS)

Work with a mute, autistic, severely handicapped girl over five years (ages 7-11) is analyzed using developmental pragmatics. While she often used interactive acts leading to environmental consequences, she was almost never observed using any that led to a social consequence. She learned to point and gesture but not voluntarily. (Author/VW)

The author discusses the implications of nonverbal communication in the multicultural classroom setting, a factor frequently overlooked since it is largely culturally determined and normally operates outside of the awareness level. (MJB)

Each culture has its own nonverbal as well as its verbal language. Movements, gestures and sounds have distinct and often conflicting interpretations in different countries. For Americans communicating with Japanese, misunderstandings are of two types: Japanese behavior which is completely new to the American, and Japanese behavior which is…

Discusses the prevalence of "black" nonverbal behavior patterns among black and white adolescents alike and suggests that educators must learn to understand those nonverbal patterns in order to distinguish cues of active hostility from other types of behavior. (JG)

This article examines the function of silence in both preservice and in-service teacher education classroom observations, workshops, and feedback sessions. Teacher educators and teacher trainees need to be aware of the effects of silence in oral and written discourse. (19 references) (MDM)