An acting teacher can train students to bring the reality of their personal lives to the various artificial structures that give form to playscripts and that can otherwise induce rigid or mechanical performances if not balanced by the vibrancy of the actor. A series of exercises allows students to discover how they may use their own impulses,…

This model deals with change in student's self-concept over a period of instruction in communication intervention. No consistent evidence was found that communication intervention had impact on changing one's self-concept. Self-awareness should be taught as a separate course from communication. (MFD)

A familiar, reasonable, and superficially successful lesson in report-writing is described (small groups of students edit each other's reports for re-writing), its effect on the student analyzed (demoralization, loss of confidence, defensiveness), and an alternative, positive lesson suggested, in which highlights are circled instead of errors. (AJ)

The object of this research was to establish a reliable test battery to determine probable future success for those persons who wish to be trained as expert classroom observers. The focus of this investigation was to predict coding performance. This report presents the findings of a replication of an earlier study that indicated that coder…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 10 titles deal with the following topics: (1) communication training for adolescents and their teachers; (2) faculty career paths in speech communication; (3) student self-concept modification in communication courses; (4)…