A sample of 48 preschoolers were asked to ride a tricycle appropriately following commands presented at 3-second intervals. Half of the children were also asked to repeat the commands aloud. Results are presented for frequency of inappropriate motor activity and reaction times. (Author/JMB)

Examines Chinese press editorials and testimonials from members of the People's Liberation Army in an attempt to determine the meaning of Mao Tse Tung's vision of a new socialist man and the societal value transformation process. (MH)

Reviews the roles of the Federal Communications Commission, the public and the manufacturers in the first thirty years of citizens band radio. (MH)

Results indicate that normative data derived from observations of same-age interaction may not be generalized to the mixed-age situation and that the two types of social experience may serve different functions in children's development. (Author/JMB)

Data are presented on teachers' general patterns of physical and verbal behavior as observed in a Chicago teacher center. (GW)

A sample of 90 children in kindergarten, second, and fourth grades were presented with ambiguous referential communication messages and asked to judge the quality of the messages. (Author/JMB)

This pilot project, using television as a catalyst for parent child communication, was conducted in three school systems: (1) Americus, Georgia, (2) Charlottesville, Virginia, and (3) New York City, New York. (STS)

Argues that recent research on teachers' thinking about their work underestimates the complexity of teachers' verbal report data. Suggests that a closer examination of the nature of verbal reports and a more critical analysis of the models used to explore teachers' thinking is required in order to achieve conceptual advances in this research.…

Examines the effects of maternal depression on motherese in the face-to-face interactions of 36 mothers and their three- to four-month-old infants. Results indicate that depressed mothers fail to modify their behavior according to the infant's behavior. (RJC)

A sharp improvement in children's understanding of the role of visual perception and linguistic communication in knowledge functions was found between the ages of three and five years. (PCB)

Reports results from a study of a training program for adolescent peer counselors. Did not find that groups led by extensively trained peer counselors differed significantly in their verbal interactions from groups led by minimally trained peer counselors. (Author/ABB)

Examined how 52 nondistressed families managed spontaneous verbal conflicts during family dinners. Found conflict initiation to be evenly distributed across family roles. Extension of conflict was constrained by constant probability of a next conflict move occurring. Most conflicts ended with no resolution. Mothers were most active in closing…

Teachers can help students learn and develop self-confidence by providing both affirmative and corrective oral feedback immediately after a student response. When performed nonjudgmentally, such feedback not only corrects inappropriate responses but also reinforces correct ones. Includes six references. (MLH)

This article investigates the use of folk speech in the art criticism of people who are not art professionals. Maintains that if folk speech is recognized and evaluated in the art classroom, art educators may help expand both the visual and verbal perceptions and expressions of students. (JDH)

Defines rhetoric and describes and illustrates conflicting attitudes toward language and the art of rhetoric. States that since rhetoric was the art that brought people together and that taught people not only how to survive but also to live well, the rhetorical tradition is worth rehabilitating. (EL)