Videotaped conversations of Spanish-speaking children aged two or four years, first with their mothers and then with each other, were compared. Results support Vygotsky's hypothesis that children's skills in following regulations by others and in regulating others emerge in the social context of conversations. (PCB)

The contributions of temperamentally and nontemperamentally based emotional reactions to the organization of social interactive behavior within the Strange Situation are examined for the purpose of bettering the understanding of the emotional underpinnings of attachment system functioning. At 12 1/2 and 19 1/2 months, temperamental fear was…

Children's ability to produce integrated sequences of discrete behaviors was examined as a function of age and task demands for several behavioral domains. Results are discussed in terms of possible age-related constraints on combinatorial skills that operate at a general, cross-domain level during toddlerhood. (RH)

Investigated needs and coping strategies of 124 university students, five university staff, and five other persons involved in long-distance relationships. Most effective coping strategies appeared to be frequency of visits and quality of verbal communication. Results support the importance of relationship subtypes and frequent visits. (Author/NB)

Performance of 15 language-impaired children (average age eight years) on a referential communication task requiring verbal encoding of novel referents was compared to performance of normally developing age-mates and language-mates. Subjects used known referent, graphic, and mixed strategies about equally with language-impaired children less…

Wait time is the duration of pauses separating utterances during a verbal exchange. Paper reviews studies that involve wait time in a range of subject areas and grade levels. Wait time appears to foster higher cognitive level learning by giving teachers and students more time to think. (RB)

Described is foreign-language instruction which stresses the socialization aspect of language learning by focusing on the interactional processes through which language is learned and different patterns of thought are acquired. (MT)

Oral proficiency testing is contrasted with traditional academic testing to show its appropriateness as a technique for measuring the ability to speak and understand a foreign language. Implications for teaching foreign languages are discussed. (MT)

Examines imitative interchanges of 18 mothers and their 10-to 14-month-old infants during two natural situations, bath time and free play. Infants' and mothers' replications of vocal, verbal, and motoric acts were observed. (NH)

Communication instructors at Texas Christian University designed and tested an electronically mediated simulation technique. Controlled simulation allows for immediate instructional feedback which maximizes learning. The system is capable of achieving experiential learning without undue loss of efficiency, and the instructor is an interactive…

Relationships between structural, semantic, and verbal statements about art were investigated to observe the effect of verbalization on the art viewing process. Various studies are cited that give evidence that learning in the arts has psychomotor, affective, and cognitive aspects. (DF)

Investigated whether prejudicial attitudes of Black and White counselors affected their verbal communication and written discrimination responses to Black and White clients. Results indicated that prejudicial attitudes of Black and White counselors had no significant relationship to their levels of responding skills to Black and White clients.…

Discusses objections to an article describing a teaching assignment in which students were to compose and mail a letter to at least one individual or organization in order to elicit a written response. (DF)

Advocates integrating women's studies into business communication courses in order to increase students' awareness of issues relating to men and women working together. (DF)

Illustrates how Allen-Bradley Company identified problems with manual writing, scheduling, and graphics and how the company solved those problems by using plain English and clear document design. (DF)