This topical paper discusses the concept of teacher-student interaction. In an attempt to apply the concept to junior colleges, the paper presents the findings of several research studies in which the types and extent of interaction have been assessed at other levels of schooling. Only a few of the ways in which teachers and students relate are…

The purpose of this study was to develop and test a method for assessing change in communicative behavior--i.e., any observable behavior change manifested by students during a communicative situation in the classroom. Using a testing instrument specifically designed to measure these changes, 16 trained raters, four untrained raters, and six…

To examine the relationship between the vocabulary teachers use in the classroom and the percentage of that vocabulary understood by the students, 16 volunteer teachers were tape recorded for an hour and a half during a normal day's activities. Half the teachers were from lower or lower middle class families; the other half were from middle and…

This study evaluated the Philadelphia Affective Education Development Program (AEDP) as it affected student relationships within the classroom and student perceptions of the classroom climate. The differences between four AEDP and four regular English classes from one high school were determined in regard to (1) sociometric structure as analyzed…

The Utah State University Protocol Project developed six self instructional modules, each concerned with an important concept related to teacher language. Each module contains a student handbook consisting of definitions and recognition and application practices based upon printed classroom transcripts and an 8-ten minute protocol film. The…

This student guide is part of a protocol learning module on the use of emphasis as an effective verbal teaching behavior. The complete module consists of the student guide, a protocol film, and testing materials. The student guide contains (a) an introduction to protocol modules and instruction in their use; (b) a discussion of the concept of…

This student guide is part of protocol learning module on the use of verbal encouragement as an effective teaching technique for increasing student achievement. The module was developed as part of the Utah State University Protocol Materials Project and consists of this guide, a protocol film, and testing materials. The student guide contains (a)…

This student guide is part of a protocol learning module designed to teach the concept and use of clarity in classroom verbal interactions. The entire module consists of this guide, a protocol film, and testing materials. The student guide contains (a) instruction in the use of protocol modules; (b) a discussion of clarity and the techniques used…

This syllabus provides guidelines and bibliographies for training teachers. A variety of training programs in classroom communication, ranging in length from one-hour presentations to semester-length courses, are outlined. The flexible format is divided into five parts: (1) Rationale for Studying Classroom Communication; (2) Communication Models:…

Because there is little research evidence about the listening performance of blind children, a study was designed (in Australia) to provide information on their listening habits as compared with those of sighted children. Forty-four students (22 of them blind) listened in a classroom to tape-recorded material from two tests, Forms X and Y of the…

This study sought to ascertain how teachers and students interpret non-verbal cues in the form of visuo-gestural channel expressions by having them assign affective meaning to such expressions depicted photographically. Subjects were 377 students and 19 teachers from two elementary schools: one, urban and characterized as low socioeconomic status;…

Communication theory has ignored a major component of the communicative process: the relationship which defines the sort of message being sent and how the message is to be interpreted. This relationship, not the message, is crucial to the development of personal meaning for the information being exchanged. In teaching and in all human…

The traditional educational role of speech communication is too narrow to encompass recent contributions to speech communication and the increasing recognition that communication is central to the teaching/learning process. This paper first redefines speech communication education as the study of the process of speech communication in…

Advocates the use of traditional Aboriginal education methods in the Australian classroom in an attempt to provide bicultural as well as bilingual schooling for Aboriginal children. (CM)

Sixty-three third and sixth graders in an experimental teaching session provided either genuine or dissembled (disguised) verbal praise to a student (confederate). Trained coders and naive observers analyzed nonverbal behavior. As hypothesized, nonverbal cues such as facial expressions, body movement, and pausing indicated verbal deception.…