The study examined the dyadic verbal communication skills of 12 learning disabled and 36 normally achieving fourth- and fifth-grade boys. Dyads involving learning disabled children were found to be less successful and less efficient than those consisting of only normally ahcieving children. (Author)

The investigation assessed the generalization of verbal behavior from school to home with three autistic boys (six to nine years old). Results suggested that manipulating the school environment to more closely simulate home conditions may facilitate transfer of treatment gains to the natural setting. (Author/SB)

Investigates the effects of implicit linguistic information on the conversational responses of preschool children. Following a conversation in which the experimenter's remarks were intended to implicitly focus a child's attention on either an action or an object portrayed in a picture, subjects were asked to describe the picture. (JMB)

Informing a teacher prior to an observation had minimal effect on classroom verbal behavior. Teacher verbal classroom behavior was found to be more like the perceived ideal when an observer was present in the classroom. (Author/RC)

Provides commentary on an article concerning transcriptions and the denoting of silence, contrasting it with a similar article concerning transcriptions and real time as it effects research analysis of spoken discourse. Contains 22 references. (GLR)

Investigates the impact of children's different play situations on the topic maintenance performance of 24 children 4- to 5-years-old. Findings suggest that some play situations may be more supportive of the development of conversational maintenance skills in young children than are others. (RJC)

Workshops were held to prepare nurses (n=87) to present results of professional activities. One year after the course, 20 had made oral and 30 written presentations. The workshops increased their confidence and were considered practical, informal, and nonthreatening. (Contains 31 references.) (SK)

This paper traces the developmental history of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) from its beginning as comprehensive distancing to its current form and status. It is maintained that technical differences between the two approaches are overshadowed by ones of conceptualization. Comprehensive distancing emerged from efforts to extend Skinner's…

Because spelling skills are most often assessed in the classroom through the traditional dictation task, it makes sense for a standardized measure to assess spelling in a similar manner. This involves an examiner saying a word, using the target word in a sentence, and repeating the word. The student then writes the target word. Most teachers would…

The following paper describes Lowenkron's model of joint (stimulus) control. Joint control is described as a means of accounting for performances, especially generalized performances, for which a history of contingency control does not provide an adequate account. Examples are provided to illustrate instances in which joint control may facilitate…

The present study undertook an updated citation analysis of Skinner's (1957) "Verbal Behavior". All articles that cited "Verbal Behavior" between 1984 and 2004 were recorded and content analyzed into one of five categories; four empirical and one nonempirical. Of the empirical categories, studies that employed a verbal operant from Skinner's…

Understanding the user and customizing the interface to augment cognition and usability are goals of human computer interaction research and design. Yet, little is known about the influence of individual visual-verbal information presentation preferences on visual navigation and screen element usage. If consistent differences in visual navigation…

While increasing girls' access to education is a global priority, there are numerous barriers that impede significant progress in achieving gender parity in schools. While enrollment of girl students is up in Tanzania, especially at the primary and secondary levels, AED has become concerned about the barriers girls face, including gender-based…

Variation in verbal morphology is a phenomenon which has been the object of linguistic research for a long time. Two competing sets of predictions have been put forth to account for the distribution of verbal inflections in learner language: The Aspect Hypothesis posits that learners predominantly use inflections to indicate categories of lexical…

Problematic aspects of intercultural communication are considered in the context of: an increasingly internationalized market for higher education; the globalization of knowledge; the compatibility of distinct national higher education cultures; and the capacity for successful cross-cultural cooperation. This is exemplified by reference to a…