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Downing, June E.; Siegel-Causey, Ellin – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1988
The article addresses the need to identify the unconventional, nonsymbolic behaviors of children with severe, multiple disabilities. Suggestions for improving the frequency and quality of communicative interactions by building on the child's current behavioral repertoire. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Interaction Process Analysis, Multiple Disabilities
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Groisman, A.; And Others – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
An exploration of the interpretive potential semiotics offers for study and understanding of meaning production in science classrooms is presented. Some very basic concepts of the theory are introduced, followed by analysis of a single science lesson. The organization of the room, the structure of the lesson, and the behavior and interaction of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Context Effect, Interaction Process Analysis, Naturalistic Observation
Macrae, Don – Canadian Speech Communication Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Theory, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship
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Timmis, John H., III – 1975
Symbolic interaction is the foundation for a theory of rhetoric developed in this paper. As manipulators of symbols, humans, unlike all other animals, use abstractions both to indicate (describe things present) and to represent (describe intangible things). Only human beings are capable of the elaborate systems of linguistic reference called…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Communication (Thought Transfer), Group Dynamics, Interaction Process Analysis
Stevens, Warren D. – AV Commun Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Information Theory
Saitz, Robert L.; Cervenka, Edward J. – 1972
This handbook of Colombian and U.S. gestures was prepared originally as an aid to English teachers in Colombia. The Colombian gestures were collected via personal observations and interviews with Colombian informants. Approximately 20 informants from various regions of the United States were also interviewed. To this orginal collection, published…
Descriptors: Body Language, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
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Hawes, Leonard C. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1973
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Theory
Norton, Natalie Joyce – 1973
The purpose of this study was to investigate the symbolic languages of movement and drama in terms of their ability to stimulate and expand the oral communication of children in grade two. Included was a substudy to determine the effect of such a program upon the self-actualization of children in grade two. The oral language was studied…
Descriptors: Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Drama, Grade 2