Exploration of a number of essays published recently in "Political Science and Perspectives on Politics" makes clear that a number of political scientists consider the question of how they are helping students to become engaged and responsible students is a central goal. The task of working with students in class to help them develop the…

The basic communication course remains an important introduction to the discipline in that it introduces students to the discipline, acts as a service course to the institution, and provides a basis for developing speaking across the curriculum initiatives. The target population also remains primarily first- and second-semester freshmen. This…

Providing a listing of an essential core of content to be taught and learned in each grade level, this paper presents content standards in four major areas of communication/language arts: reading, writing, listening/viewing, and speaking. The standards are organized by separate grade levels for grades K-9 (except grades 9-12) so readers can…

Serving as a basis for an educational dialogue that needs to take place in every school district in South Dakota, this technical guide to the South Dakota Communication/Language Arts Standards includes the Goals, Indicators, Benchmarks, and Grade Level Standards for reading, writing, listening and viewing, and speaking. It is organized in grade…

This paper describes a pilot course combining the communication capstone with service learning. It first looks at faculty rationale and expectations for the course, then describes how the course was constructed. It then summarizes the students' expectations for the course. The next section gives the perspective of both the instructor and the…

Uses three examples of children's spoken English to indicate the need to teach children organized, sequential speech. (DD)

The teaching of oral communication in adult education can be facilitated through the use of an audio tape recorder. (CH)

Discusses how parents can be instrumental in developing prereading skills and fostering reading readiness in their children. (TO)

Report concludes that the communication techniques which aim to alter the social structure are more effective than those which aim to alter social attitudes. (CH)

A parent's group has been developed in conjunction with a clinic which uses the acoupedic approach of auditory language training for children from birth to school age with severe or profound hearing losses. (DB)

Instruction in the teaching of reading should more closely approximate the natural way children learn and reading instruction will meet with greater success. (Author/RB)

Reports the views that were expressed and the conclusions reached on evaluation criteria for English, accompanied by many examples of written works that were considered by members of the commission. (RB)

Suggests that the effective prerequisites for teaching methods courses are cheerleading, modern dance, and dramatics. Follows acting methods and mental attitudes of Polish director, Jerzy Grotowski. (DS)