Reports on 10 documents from the ERIC system that provide insight on the creative process and information on a variety of creative classroom activities. (PD)

A quantitative model of speech development is proposed based on observations of normal hearing and congenitally deaf children. Nonlinear controls used during the development of suprasegmental and segmental aspects of speech are identified. Linguistic components of speech are ignored. The importance of the associative cortex in speech-motor control…

Describes a learning game developed to simulate verbal communication. Focuses on words and meanings and has applications to semantics, interpersonal communication, listening, nonverbal communication, and creativity in general. (PD)

Describes the Queensland project, "Study Talk," concerned with the study of oral language, with special consideration given to the exploration and study of the uses and varieties of talk. (HOD)

Describes an experiment designed to test the hypothesis that because of society's reaction to them, the facially attractive develop greater social skill. Shows that this experiment, in which faces and conversation of subjects were independently evaluated, found no evidence to support such hypothesis. (Author/MES)

Found that college students who were high self-monitors reported varying their self-disclosures more than low self-monitors. Finding is consistent with theory and research which indicate that high self-monitors perceive that they adapt to situations by varying their communication while low self-monitors do not. (PD)

Outlines some recent theoretical discussions of silence as communication. Describes nine exercises the speech communication instructor can use to teach silence and shows which specific function of silence each exercise teaches. (JMF)

Confirms results suggested in previous studies: in viewing video replays of their speeches, students recognize the need for improvement in language and delivery but give less attention to content. Concludes that using video replay for student self-critiques will be beneficial primarily in identifying and improving language and delivery. (PD)

Discusses two studies examining the relationship between facilitative communication, self-disclosure, and agreement/disagreement of one person in a marital relationship and the other's feelings of being confirmed. Differences in communication behaviors associated with male and female feelings of being confirmed are highlighted. (JMF)

Describes Elwood Murray's Interdisciplinary Analogue Laboratory which was designed to identify analogous structures occurring in different fields of education. These basic structures could then serve as foundations of an integrated curriculum where students would be encouraged to view their subjects of study relationally. (JMF)

Cites some of the attempts to link theater with communication within the field of speech communication and describes the ways the two areas have shifted synchronously during the 1950s and 1960s. Suggests explanations for the parallel changes and new directions for further inquiry. (JMF)

Presents an analysis of the control techniques adopted by the mothers of 15- and 24-month-old children during an eight-minute laboratory play situation. Mothers were requested to take an active role in the interaction by ensuring that the child played with the full range of toys available. (JMB)

Discusses the ellipsis of major sentential elements as a pervasive grammatical phenomenon in Japanese conversation and demonstrates its relevance for current theories of discourse or text analysis. (FL)

Outlines four lessons as supplemental lectures in beginning argumentation classes. Encourages students to develop an appreciation of the interaction between culture and communication generally and a sense of argumentation's suitability in our own culture. (JMF)

The language development of children who have experienced malnutrition and varying degrees of speech and sensory deprivation is examined. In language learning, such children attend only when directly addressed, cannot control pitch and intonation and lack an understanding of the relational linguistic material and the sociolinguistic rules of…