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Schroeder, Anthony B. – 1979
The purpose of this research was to determine how interactive style influences effectiveness and interpersonal attraction in groups. After college student volunteers completed the Communicator Style Measure (CSM), 72 subjects were selected from three style profiles and assigned to triads that contained high, mid, and low communication style…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Bloland, Harland G. – 1979
An analysis and comparison of two frames, "conventioneering" and "game," as experienced by convention goers is presented to provide a partial explanation of convention behavior and stress response. Many of the concepts discussed come directly from books by Erving Goffman. Frames are principles of organization that govern…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Conference Reports, Conferences
Resnick, Harvey – 1978
Specific ways were investigated for using evaluative date generated from two consumer satisfaction surveys in two different mental health settings. The first survey, consisting of 225 randomly selected current consumers of mental health services from Rochester Mental Health Center in Rochester, New York, explored global satisfaction, structural…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Protection, Counseling Services
Download full textVacha, Edward F.; And Others – 1979
The goal of this book is to help teachers create a positive social climate in the elementary school classroom. Six group processes areas are identified as combining to create the social climate of the classroom: (1) attraction; (2) leadership; (3) communication; (4) student norms of conduct; (5) individual expectations; and (6) group cohesion. The…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Gouvier, William Drew – 1979
Relationships between change agent performance and outcome success within the context of group behavioral programs are identified. The evaluation of either the ultimate effectiveness, or the specific change processes in a group program often requires assessing the behavior of the change agents, as well as that of the target population. Five design…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Agents, Evaluation Methods, Interaction Process Analysis
Rubin, Kenneth H.; Krasnor, Linda Rose – 1979
This longitudinal study of changes in play behavior in preschool children reports decreases in less mature forms of play and increases in more mature forms of play over time. The study was designed to test the assumption that the play of young children develops in a progressive manner. Ten 3-year-olds and ten 4-year-olds were observed during free…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Childrens Games
Clark, Christopher M.; Yinger, Robert J. – 1979
Three studies on teacher planning procedures are described and synthesized--a survey, a laboratory study, and a series of case studies. The primary goal of this research was to determine how teachers plan classroom activities, why they plan in certain ways, and what is the relationship between teacher planning and teaching effectiveness. A survey…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
HESS, ROBERT D.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS MANUAL DESCRIBES MEASURES USED IN "THE COGNITIVE ENVIRONMENTS OF URBAN PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN" PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THE SAMPLE FOR THE STUDY CONSISTED OF 163 NEGRO MOTHER-CHILD PAIRS SELECTED FROM 3 SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSES BASED ON THE FATHER'S OCCUPATION AND THE PARENTS' EDUCATION. A FOURTH GROUP INCLUDED FATHER-ABSENT…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Black Mothers, Interaction Process Analysis, Measurement Instruments
Jeffs, George A.; And Others – 1968
The hypothesis that "teachers who receive training in interaction analysis will increase their use of accepting or using ideas of students . . . and promote greater frequency of student-initiated talk" was investigated. Four teachers of mathematics and social studies were selected for interaction analysis training in the Clark High…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Feedback, Inservice Teacher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Evans, Thomas Parker – 1968
Developed was a category system for first-hand systematic observation of the verbal and non-verbal behavior of high school biology teachers in both classroom and laboratory situations. This was used to investigate correlations between selected personality traits and the verbal and non-verbal behaviors of high school biology teachers. Some…
Descriptors: Biology, Doctoral Dissertations, Evaluation, Instruction
Emmer, Edmund T. – 1968
To determine whether increased teacher use of student ideas would produce increased verbal initiation, an experiment was conducted with 16 second grade teachers and their classes. First, a series of observations were made under normal class conditions to determine the usual percentages of teacher use of student ideas and student initiation. Then,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Experiments, Interaction Process Analysis
Michaels, Gerald Y.; And Others – 1977
This research examined the degree of correspondence between children's perceptions of their parents' caregiving behavior, those parents' self-perceptions, and the parents' inferences about how their behavior would be perceived by their child. Eighty child (seven-year-olds) parent pairs completed modified Bronfenbrenner Parent Behavior…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Ellis, Donald G. – 1977
A great need exists for increased attention to standards of rigor in collecting sequential interaction data. As in any other research strategy, powerful statistics are not sufficient to organize data meaningfully. A knowledge of individuals, their relational histories, and communication are all necessary to insure proper conclusions about the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Group Behavior, Human Relations
Carter, Bernardita Yarur – 1977
This study determined the sociometric status of "referred" children (with emotional and/or learning problems) and "stable" children enrolled in a mainstreamed preschool program in an effort to determine whether mainstreaming affects the social interaction among preschoolers functioning at different developmental levels. Two separate experiments…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Handicapped Children, Interaction Process Analysis, Mainstreaming
Bradley, Banks; And Others – 1978
A systematic procedure for obtaining objective data of nonverbal teaching behaviors focusing on specific behaviors is presented. Teacher behaviors, recorded on video-tape, are studied and evaluated for the following nonverbal behaviors: (1) use of proximity control in maintaining discipline; (2) emphasis on the need for eye contact as a speaker;…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Body Language, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
