The purposes of this paper are to note specific weaknesses characterizing small group research and to propose suggestions for their solution. Adapted from a speech given at the Second National Conference about the Teaching of Group: Theory and Practice, Temple University, Philadelphia, February 1976. (Author)

Twenty-four infants and their preschool-aged siblings were observed in a laboratory playroom in the presence of their parents. Observations took place when the infants were 12 months old and again 6 months later. (JMB)

Mothers of firstborn infants were videotaped playing with a six-month-old infant with sex-appropriate or cross-sex clothes and names. Toy choice and interaction styles varied with the perceived sex of the child. (BD)

The comparative properties of interacting organizations were examined as determinants of the nature of relations between organizations. Comparative properties of organizational domain were found to be important sets of variables for explaining interdependence, providing a context in which relationships occur, and serving as forces that impel or…

This article defines personal space and distinguishes it from its companion research areas. It then reviews and evaluates current personal space theories and measurement techniques. (JB)

A series of computer-assisted instruction lessions was designed to teach methods students the basic concepts of the Flanders Interaction Analysis System. (JY)

Argues that the questioning and answering interaction provides a setting whereby adults can socialize naive children into communal views of reality. It is suggested, however, that this tradition acts both as a brake and as a springboard to the acquisition of new knowledge. (MS)

Examines the differences between three systems of categorizing verbal communication acts. (MH)

Describes research conducted at a school for deaf children which combined microanalysis of the communicative behaviors of individuals with the sociocultural analysis of groups within one institutional setting. Three factors were found to have most influence on the teacher's communicative behavior during the recorded interactions with the children.…

Reviews the software package, "Interaction Analyses," which makes the observation of communication transactions--commonly described as PROANA5--possible with a microcomputer. (PD)

Naturalistic observations of 20-month-old infants and their older siblings (1 1/2 or 3 years older) suggested the presence or absence of the mother may be an important variable in interactions between the two. (BJD)

Describes the Communication Skills Test (CST), an objective measure of marital interaction. Results of a study using the CST as a pre-post measure of treatment outcome for 28 premarital couples demonstrated that the CST was sensitive to therapeutic changes, identifying increases in communication proficiency for intervention couples. (JAC)

Describes an interactive computer program used in comparing any two sets of similar data for which linear order must be maintained and suggests further applications for which the program might be used. (Author)

A description of a system for analysing supervisor-teacher interaction as developed by Arthur Blumberg of the Educational Administration Department at Syracuse University. (JA)

Argues that the weak research base and continuing evaluation will cause the knowledge base of performance-based teacher education to change. Discusses the changes that could be expected. (Author/JF)