Students should be invited to write dramatic scripts rather than reporting or discussing. (JH)

The author introduces the concept of "inferring value teacher behavior." This behavior is essentially a value statement formulated by the teacher about a student's value. It contains the three characteristics of value statements (states the characteristics, identifies it as a value, identifies a value referent) but, in addition, the…

Teachers should refer to theoretical models in their professional decision making. Such models must be complete enough to reflect the current theories, yet they must be simple enough to be useful to classroom teachers. These models, whether they emphasize learning theories, curriculum theories, or instructional theories, should tie together into a…

This analysis of the structure of children's narratives deals with material gathered from 96 children, aged 3 1/2 to 9 1/2 years, in conversations about events in which they were personally involved. Elements of the narratives and the structural relationship of these elements are examined. Three elements are discerned: (1) chronological…

This study presents a dramatistic analysis of the language used by four teachers, all of whom were considered excellent by their department directors, by their students, and by the parents of their students. Regular freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior literature classes were videotaped. Dialogue was then transcribed, and nonverbal activity,…

The newspaper can be used as a resource tool in the college communication course, to introduce current and relevant subject matter and to get students actively involved in the study of the content of the world outside the classroom. Methods of using newspapers as a basis for analyzing communication techniques and for applying these techniques are…

Using English airline advertisements, the article shows how, at Secondary Grade 2, such material can be used to encourage active communication by the students. Advertising material is found more productive than traditional text analysis. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Several propositions about the relationships between and among environmental variables of relevance to IQ were tested. Environmental variables hypothesized to be related to IQ were measured longitudinally across three time periods in childhood (0-3, 4-6, 7-10 years) on a sample of 110 subjects. (Author/CS)

To study the relationship between stuttering and expressive language and between verbal expression and socioeconomic status, 15 stutterers and 15 nonstutterers (5-to 10-years old) from lower socioeconomic (predominantly Mexican-American) and middle socioeconomic levels were given the Verbal Expression subtest of the Illinois Test of…

Distinguishes three types of communication channels -- the mass media, inter-personal channels, and the local media -- and, using data gathered in El Salvador, places each of the three types in a structural model involving antecedent demographic considerations and consequent variables measuring participation in the adoption process. (Author/JM)

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