Information about children's behavior in preschool and about the preschool program interests parents and provides them with useful information. Preschool teachers should make every effort to share their knowledge with parents whenever possible. How to communicate various types of information presents a major difficulty for teachers. Some…

This study to identify the verbal behaviors of librarians and library users that facilitate or impede information exchange in presearch interviews for computer-based literature searches was part of a larger research project that gathered data on 80 presearch interviews in seven medical libraries. The project also sought (1) to identify nonverbal…

The intelligibility of crosslanguage voice communication in American English was studied in situations where the phonemes of that language are uttered by American speakers and identified by speakers of German, French, and Mexican Spanish and in situations where they are uttered by speakers of German, French, and Mexican Spanish and identified by…

THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF A 5-YEAR INVESTIGATION INTO THE LOGIC OF TEACHING THE SECONDARY SCHOOL. DUE TO THE UNSTRUCTURED NATURE OF CLASSROOM DISCOURSE, THIS STAGE OF THE INVESTIGATION IS CLASSIFICATORY AND DESCRIPTIVE. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE (1) SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND RECORDINGS (SCHOOLS INVOLVED, SELECTION OF SUBJECT AREAS, ESTABLISHING RAPPORT…

THE DIFFICULTIES OF BEGINNING TREATMENT FOR EDUCATION WITH ADOLESCENTS BEFORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS ARE PREPARED ARE DISCUSSED. THREE PREREQUISITES TO COMMUNICATION--LISTENING, OBSERVING, EMPATHIZING--ARE PRESENTED. OBSTACLES TO COMMUNICATION IN THE HELPING ADULT INCLUDE PRE-OCCUPATION WITH ONE'S OWN WORLD, EGO INVOLVEMENT, FAILURE TO…

THIS PAPER REVIEWS RECENT MAJOR STUDIES CONCERNED WITH CLASSROOM INTERACTION WHICH ENCOMPASSES BOTH THE VERBAL AND NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR OF A TEACHER AND THE PUPILS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY CLASSROOMS. REVIEW OF THE THEORIES UPON WHICH THESE STUDIES WERE BASED WAS NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY. PART 1 BRIEFLY DISCUSSES TWO APPROACHES TO THE…

THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE SPEECH IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY AND THE INCREASED STRESS UPON ORAL COMMUNICATION VIA MACHINES CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED DEMAND THAT INCREASED EMPHASIS BE GIVEN SPEECH AT ALL EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, ESPECIALLY THE SECONDARY LEVEL. ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINED PERSONNEL ARE ESSENTIAL FOR A MAXIMALLY EFFECTIVE PROGRAM. THE…

THE EFFECTS OF FOUR VARIABLES ON THE EXTENT OF COMPREHENSION OF COMPRESSED SPEECH BY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE INVESTIGATED. THESE VARIABLES WERE RATE OF PRESENTATION, GRADE LEVEL IN SCHOOL, INTELLIGENCE, AND AMOUNT OF PRACTICE. NINETY SUBJECTS PARTICIPATED IN THE EXPERIMENT. THE TASK FOR EACH SUBJECT WAS TO LISTEN INDIVIDUALLY TO 50 TAPE…

THE FLANDERS METHOD OF INTERACTION ANALYSIS WAS EMPLOYED IN AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS TEACHING. THE STUDY OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PATTERNS OF TEACHER-STUDENT VERBAL INTERACTION IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS, (2) TO DETERMINE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS, AS MEASURED BY SELECTED ASPECTS OF…

The purpose of this study was to probe selected implications from equity theory within an interpersonal communication context. Independent variables were interpersonal equity-inequity, sex, and self-esteem. The dependent variables included nine independent dimensions of source valence. Subjects performed two similar verbal tasks with a confederate…

This study investigated the effects of varying the content of adults' exhortations about altruism and the power of the preacher on children's subsequent donations. Subjects were 166 third and fourth grade children from two middle class suburban elementary schools. A 2 x 2 x 3 x 2 design was employed with the factors being sex, grade (third and…

This publication provides a brief analysis of the literature since 1960 which deals with the information interview (defined as any interview in which one person is attempting to understand what information another person wants) as it involves library personnel; a comprehensive bibliography for that period; and a guide to the most useful items for…

A naturalistic-observational study of three inner-city, working-class mother-infant pairs was conducted to study early language development and maternal teaching styles. The subjects were three white 2-year-olds and their mothers. Observations were made under everyday conditions as the infants interacted with their mothers and other family members…

THIS ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE AS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HUMAN LIVING TREATS THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN MAKING ACCURATE STATEMENTS ABOUT PEOPLE AND THE WORLD. LANGUAGE HABITS WHICH MISREPRESENT FACTS OF LIFE ARE DISCUSSED, AS WELL AS LANGUAGE HABITS WHICH PRODUCE "CORRECT-TO-FACT" EVALUATIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS. SUBJECTS OF CHAPTERS ARE (1) THE…