Expanded version of an address presented at a conference in Regensburg and at the Universities of Erlangen and Marburg. (WB)

Compares 512 second and fifth graders' oral main idea responses to three paragraphs read silently and concludes that main idea responses increase in quality across grade level and that responses to paragraphs differ according to content. Bibliography. (MD)

Analyzes the four major attitudinal positions on women's language: (1) deficit, (2) new deficit, (3) difference, and (4) code-switching. Assesses their influence on women's self-identities and on teaching approaches designed to improve women's communication skills. (PD)

Describes social cognition curriculum learning activities designed to enhance young children's social and moral reasoning. Activities present challenging problems that children could deal with through dramatic skits, a thinking game, and/or spontaneous discussions. (BJD)

Tested 54 college students who were rating videotaped speakers on trustworthiness and their tympanic temperature. Concluded that credibility operationalized as trustworthiness is related to physiological arousal, as measured by tympanic temperature. (PD)

A within-subject reversal design was employed in a sheltered workshop to assess the effects of differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) in reducing inappropriate verbalizations by a severely retarded adult with Down's syndrome. (Author/CL)

In order to facilitate simultaneous use of verbal and gestural communication, a five-year-old Down's syndrome child was taught with the Promoting Aphasics' Communicative Effectivenes (PACE) technique. PACE provided a structured format to stimulate natural face to face conversation while providing for the use of multimodality communication. (SEW)

Discusses language training for severely handicapped children conducted in the home through Instructional Communication Strategy, a synthesis of training strategies used with normal and handicapped children and applicable regardless of the child's level of functioning, age, or handicapping condition. Goals of training are to develop spontaneous…

Reports on a study of the characteristics of the basic course in organizational communication. Analyzed 100 questionnaires that provided data on the following: schools and departments offering basic courses, faculty, textbooks, and topics covered. (PD)

Examines ethics of consultants from the perspective of counter-rational organizational theory. Presents four ethical questions derived from Kohlberg. Describes a real consulting situation, the author's intervention, and implications of the case to consulting practice. (PD)

Identifies current issues in argumentation by reviewing writings in "JAFA," a scholarly journal with an argumentation focus. Also examines seven recent undergraduate texts in terms of their treatment of those issues. (PD)

The speech of a five year old boy who suffered a profound hearing loss following meningitis was sampled at two week intervals for nine months. It was speculated that phonetic processes such as diphthongization, syllabification, and prolonged duration may be strategies for enhancing feedback during speech. (Author)

Discusses a questionnaire administered to beginning Spanish students at Iowa State University, designed to identify and set priorities for student-perceived communication needs. Compares the results with a similar survey of beginning French students at Purdue. (EKN)

Presents abstracts of 17 documents from "Resources in Education" on programed instruction, personalized system of instruction, and computer-assisted instruction. (PD)