Discusses a survey designed to determine the extent and nature of graduate courses in classroom communication available to elementary and secondary teachers. (MH)

The investigation attempted to determine whether oral communication apprehension was related to employment status of students enrolled in adult basic education programs. Unemployed adults demonstrated greater reticence on a measure of oral communication apprehension than did employed adults. Programs designed to maximize oral communicative…

Examines the quantity of articles published per institution in eleven speech communication journals for the period 1980 to 1985. Finds that, although institutions fluctuate from year to year in quantity of articles published, the majority of top-ranked institutions produce a relatively constant flow of articles. (MS)

Surveys members of the Speech Communication Association to determine the ratings of institutions offering a masters only program in Speech Communication. Finds that many educators in the discipline lack broad-based information concerning activities and quality of masters programs in their respective regions. (MS)

Reports the results of a survey in which members of the Speech Communication Association evaluated doctoral programs in the areas of communication theory and research, interpersonal communication, organizational communication, rhetorical theory, public address, communication education and instruction, oral interpretation, and public relations. (MS)

Examines the strategic coordination of local and global textual resources in conversations of dyads with three different patterns of interaction involvement. Finds the dyads seemed to rely on integrated discourse strategies leading to the use of unified configurations of discourse resources. (MS)

Identifies and interprets the discursive codes (subsystems of symbols and meanings) at a television station, in order to understand cultural communication and organization. (MS)

Spectrographic analyses were performed of utterances of three groups of children: four producing correct /w,r,l,j/ (ages three-five), four with developmental w/r and w/l substitutions (age four), and four with articulation impairments (ages six-seven). Findings supported the hypothesis that children's underlying forms are unique and represent…

Reports on a research program investigating a model of mediator communicative competence in a divorce mediation context. Presents coding schemes for categorizing mediator interventions and disputants' negotiation tactics. Displays and interprets data by focusing on the pragmatic value of the model for practicing divorce mediators. (MM)

An investigation of turn-taking during conversations between speech-handicapped adults with cerebral palsy and normally speaking adults found that interactants used available behaviors to signal turn exchanges and that most control rested with the normal speaker. Handicapped speakers were frequently unsuccessful at interaction management and in…

Models of stuttering and delayed auditory feedback propose that, in these conditions, the rhythmic structure of fluent speech prespecifing the intervals between vowels of stressed syllables is lacking and that auditory perception of vowels of stressed syllables is predicted incorrectly. A model regarding onset of stuttering in children is also…

Teachers can help students learn and develop self-confidence by providing both affirmative and corrective oral feedback immediately after a student response. When performed nonjudgmentally, such feedback not only corrects inappropriate responses but also reinforces correct ones. Includes six references. (MLH)

Outlines ways to ensure the place of speech communication in the general education curriculum. (PD)

Discusses faculty development in terms of obligations, barriers, and solutions. (PD)