How to change a negative training lesson into a positive lesson through the use of student behavior, student ability, and student attitudes, by redesigning the lesson to emphasize and capitalize on recognition of positive attributes of the students. (RB)

Argues that Firth and Wagner are justified in arguing that a broader, context-sensitive, participant-sensitive, generally sociolinguistic orientation might prove beneficial for second language acquisition research. Demonstrates a skepticism as to whether greater insights into second language learning will necessarily influence the process. (13…

The article discusses principles of speech/language intervention that impose organization within naturalistic interactions. The general structure of the intervention process is presented including strategies to control for activity and response complexity, techniques for facilitating a communicative response, and methods for providing natural…

This paper argues for connecting two domains that have remained relatively isolated within their respective disciplines--research on thinking and the social origins of cognition. Both enterprises have become enmeshed in education. Neither have considered in any serious way the power and implications that an integrated perspective could contribute…

Discusses some ways teachers can better understand their students through interviewing on a one-to-one basis. (CS)

Noting that speech communication educators have developed a unique interpretation of the nature and role of self-disclosure in interpersonal communication--that it is essential in enhancing interpersonal relations and in bringing about improved mental adjustment--this paper contends that such an approach to communication overemphasizes the…

Classroom behavior of student teachers who had training in discussion techniques and in interaction analysis was observed and compared to the behavior of their cooperating teachers. A significant difference in types of communication patterns in the classroom of student teachers who had this special training and those who had not was observed. It…

This study provides interaction analyses collected by 16 interns, who in groups of four, team-planned and individually taught four public school classes. Together with interaction analyses of a study from the previous semester involving similar micro-unit instruction at the campus laboratory school, these data provide interesting comparisons.…

This study focused on the Instructor-Group Interaction Scale, formulated by Hildebrand, Wilson, and Dienst (1971), to explore the feasibility and usefulness of an instrument for recording instructor-group interaction in the college classroom. It was hypothesized that data from the scale would (a) provide the instructor with the pattern of…

Showed that Chicano mothers who had completed at least an eleventh-grade education used more inquiry and praise when teaching their five-year-olds, while mothers with less than an eleventh-grade education tended to use more modeling in their teaching strategies. (JMB)

Weak correlations between indirect teaching behavior, student-directed classroom activities, and achievement in biology are noted. (CP)

Explains an exercise useful for basic speech course instruction designed to facilitate interaction with strangers. (MH)