Deplores the decline of thoughtful communication as evidenced in bumper sticker messages, signs, and verbal cliches. (DF)

In a multilateral communication situation, when at least one participant is speaking a language not his own, sociocultural norms must be suspended. The foreign language spoken must here be regarded simply as a particular language variety. Various communication problems and possible solutions are given, with several examples. (IFS/WGA)

The investigation assessed the generalization of verbal behavior by autistic type children (aged 5 to 12 years) across different settings. (Author)

Civility can encourage educational debate, but it does not assure that the debate itself is of great intellectual value. (LH)

Content analysis of 461 phone calls between complaining consumers and customer service representatives showed that both groups performed distinct communication roles; communication evolves from discussion of performance to attribution to equity issues; and communication is not standardized across service representatives. Implications for training…

Instructional strategies requiring transmediation, the process of translating meaning from one sign system (such as language) to another (such as pictures), are critical to enquiry-oriented classrooms because learners must invent a connection between the systems. This article, drawing on semiotic theory, explores how transmediation achieves its…

Discusses the theory of behaviorism from a psychological perspective. Three issues are addressed: (1) the datum, including human verbal behavior; (2) the behavior stream; and (3) reduction, including a scientific viewpoint. (Contains two references.) (LRW)

Examined 36 fourth and fifth graders to develop a new method for indexing the time when a child is on the verge of acquiring new knowledge. Found that children who were vague in their explanations of problem solutions benefited more from instruction than children who were specific in their explanations. (MDM)

Arguments against a standardized language for nursing interventions are inflexibility, concern for clinical usefulness, and diminished professional judgment. Proponents argue that it will help develop nursing information systems, communicate the nature of nursing, and expand nursing knowledge. (SK)

Examined four coding schemes reported in consultation literature for quantifying verbal interactions between consultants and consultees and illustrated their application to common set of four behavioral consultation interviews. Obtained consultant and consultee scores on key variables within each scheme. Compared four schemes and considered their…

Examined effects of parent-child conversations on memory performance of preschoolers. Found significant relation between the amount of information about an independently experienced event discussed with parents and the amount discussed with the experimenter, but not a stable core of information. Results have implications for views of childhood…

This study focuses specifically on teacher verbal behaviors that foster interaction in a two-way interactive television classroom. Studies research on taxonomies of teaching styles and discourse analysis to determine which components would comprise the most practical and useful set of behaviors for the distance education teacher and researcher.…

Describes verbal interactions in 13 selected corporate training sessions using the INTERSECT (Interactions for Sex Equity in Classroom Teaching) Observation System. Highlights include the gender of the trainer, types of feedback and interaction, classroom interactions by gender, and implications for further study. (Author/LRW)

Outdoor educators should be doing more to help students get beyond the manufactured "wonderland" sham to experience the lifelong joys of wonder. This means that educators must develop their own vocabulary and that of their students around words that indicate values associated with experiences. Appropriate language is an important tool in…

More often than not, metafiction is approached more on philosophical than aesthetic grounds. In metafictional works the ontological or epistemological dimensions of works of art, literature in particular, are being highlighted by the art works themselves. Moreover, metafictional works of art are singled out as a specific type, almost a genre. This…