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Brandt, Richard M. – 1972
The nature of on-going instructional processes and pupil experiences were studied in two classes of a British infant school. Using PROSE (Personal Record of School Experience) as the primary observation instrument, 24 children, aged five through seven years, equally divided as to sex, were observed during seven days. A total of 9 cycles and 45…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Interaction Process Analysis
Goldman, Mark S.; And Others – 1971
This paper explores the power of the group to influence the initiation, maintenance, and termination of a given episode of group drinking by alcoholics. The study was undertaken to establish the parameters, within a controlled laboratory setting, of the various effects of group decision making on the social, affective, and drinking behavior of the…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Experimental Groups, Group Behavior
Johnson, Stephen M.; And Others – 1972
This article reports a study investigating deviant behavior in normal families. It examines nonproblem children and their families in their homes. It provides information on rates of deviant behavior for children without identified behavioral difficulties and the interaction patterns of family members who deal with these children. It analyzes: (1)…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research
Mortensen, C. David – 1972
Designed to provide a comprehensive and broadly based introduction to the study of human communication, this book presents the concept of communication as interrelated constituent processes that operate at varying levels of complexity and acquire significance only in the context of larger intrapersonal, interpersonal, or socio-cultural systems of…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Group Dynamics, Human Relations, Information Networks
Lay, Margaret Z.; Meyer, William J. – 1970
To determine if there are discernable effects on children of a group child-care program, the performance of 20 children, 3 to 4 years 10 months of age, who had been cared for in a day-care center from the age of 6 months is compared with that of 20 matched children with no prior day-care program experience. The 40 children participated in…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Care, Child Development, Comparative Analysis
Coller, Alan R. – 1972
Instruments, not previously reported in the literature, for observational techniques that can be used in early childhood classrooms are described. Excluded are those instruments which the Research for Better Schools, Inc., a regional laboratory, will report. Section I of this report is an introduction to observational procedures and especially to…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Early Childhood Education
Tattrie, Karen S. – 1972
The essence of interpersonal communication in negotiation is the achievement of consensus. This paper discusses the many variables which affect negotiation situations, in small groups or in large institutions like the university. Specifically, will proper orientation in the bargaining process increase the chances of reaching consensus? What…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Contracts, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Strategies
Murray, C. Kenneth; Treanor, Hugh J. – 1972
Experimental results indicate that: (1) the Teaching Situation Reaction Test has potential for predicting inservice social studies teachers' verbal and cognitive classroom behavior patterns; and (2) these patterns are related to current developments in social studies instruction. (MS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Educational Research, Feedback, Forced Choice Technique
MINAR, DAVID W. – 1966
VARIATIONS IN THE STYLE AND CONTENT OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, AND IN THE DIVISION OF AUTHORITY AMONG DIFFERING SOCIAL-STRUCTURAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE STUDIED. DATA INCLUDED OBSERVATION OF MEETINGS, INTERVIEWS, AND CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE COMMUNITY PRESS. THE RESEARCH SITES SELECTED FOR THIS STUDY WERE FOUR SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY ELEMENTARY…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Community Influence, Decision Making Skills
Vietze, Peter M.; And Others – 1974
This paper reports on a longitudinal study involving 48 mother-infant dyads that attempts to explore the role of the caregiver-infant interactional environment in determining cognitive functioning as related to an understanding of environmental contingencies. The present report includes (1) a progress report to date of the longitudinal data…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Kachur, Donald; And Others – 1977
The emphasis in this paper is on developing teacher awareness of how nonverbal communication fits into the classroom setting. Various positive and negative aspects of this phase of communication in the classroom are explored. A classroom teacher is observed closely by students every day, and her/his attitude, feelings, mood or state of mind,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Body Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Barclay, James R. – 1973
This two-part paper details both a method of arriving at a multiple needs assessment, and relates the process to strategy-planning and evaluation. The assessment procedure is based on the analysis of individual differences in a number of affective, social interaction, and motivation areas by a computer process. On the basis of such individual…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Computer Oriented Programs
Woolfolk, Anita E. – 1977
Four combinations of teacher verbal and nonverbal evaluative behavior were studied within a controlled microlesson. Two male and two female teachers presented each of the four combinations--(a) verbally and nonverbally positive; (b) verbally positive and nonverbally negative; (c) verbally negative and nonverbally positive; or (d) verbally and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Group Dynamics, Interaction Process Analysis, Learning Motivation
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Grotevant, Harold D.; Cooper, Catherine R. – Child Development, 1985
Developed a model of individuation in family relationships focused on communicative processes. Expressions of four dimensions of the model (self-esteem, separateness, permeability, and mutuality) were predicted to be positively associated with identity exploration in adolescents. Analysis of observations of families in a Family Interaction Task…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Environment, Family Relationship, Fathers
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Stremel-Campbell, Kathleen; Rowland, Charity – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1987
Suggestions for narrowing the discrepancy between the knowledge base of early communication development and the implementation of effective communication interventions for severely handicapped infants and young children are offered including strategies for facilitating emerging language development, increasing positive interactions with infants,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Infants, Inservice Teacher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
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