A variety of activities are offered to help children develop skill in public speaking. Confidence is built when childen practice presenting themselves both visually and orally. (DF)

Details useful and interesting extra credit exercises that maintain student interest in a media ethics course. (CRH)

Coded campaign speeches recorded during the 1980 American presidential primaries and college lectures using a taxonomy of verbal response modes. Both candidates and lecturers used mostly informative modes, but candidates used relatively more disclosures (subjective information) and fewer edifications (objective information). Candidates…

Traces the development of Professor Murray's view of the speech field as the field moved from public speaking to the broader, more interdisciplinary concept of communication. Highlights Murray's role in the founding of the International Communication Association. (PD)

Reviews the components of simulations and games (roles, interactions, rules, goals, outcomes) and the criteria (validity, reliability, utility) by which they can be assessed. Provides a model for including these criteria in the selection/design, use, and assessment of communication simulations and games. (PD)

A survey about the current overenrollment in communication courses indicates that students are willing to accept some alterations in the structure, teaching mode, and format of communication courses, but they are not willing to sacrifice all the advantages a major in communication has traditionally represented. (PD)

Describes the orientation and training program developed for graduate teaching assistants in the speech communication department at Indiana University. Emphasizes a supportive climate as a critical component of an effective training program. (PD)

Reviews requirements and trends in public relations and in personnel development and training with respect to preparing speech communication students for these careers. (PD)

Describes how business organizations view the purposes and results of communication and the role of the corporate communication professional. Suggests ways to bridge the gap between academic and business worlds. (PD)

Offers a rationale for coursework in family communication as a logical outgrowth of the current interest in basic speech communication functions. (MH)

The purpose of this study was to understand what it could mean to have communication apprehension (CA). Literature that focuses on the research and theoretical aspects of communication apprehension was collected. From this research the concept of communication apprehension was conceptually defined, tools for measuring this phenomenon were…

The aim of this paper is to elaborate on (and provide some experimental evidence for) the following hypothesis: during the first grade students' approach to writing texts, an appropriate educational setting (based on both social interaction managed by the teacher and students' involvement in well chosen concrete experiences) can give them the…

The responsibility of the National Park Service should be to interpret and convey the contribution of each park and the park system to the nation's values, character, and experience. This workbook (or "thinkbook") provides activities, exercises, and examples to help National Park Service personnel learn how to tell compelling stories.…

This study conducted a theme analysis of programs sponsored by the Experiential Learning in Communication Commission of the National Communication Association (NCA, formerly the Speech Communication Association, SCA) in order to determine experiential learning structures created outside conventional borders of communication instruction. The…