The immediate objective of the first interview with a prospect for planned giving in academic fund-raising should be to gain the confidence of the prospect. Suggestions include: making an appointment for the interview, learning about the prospects before meeting them, avoiding technical language and fast talk, and asking questions. (MLW)

The Peninsula Oral School for the Deaf has adapted H. Taba's divergent thinking approach using open-ended questions to stimulate verbal learning in hearing impaired children. (SBH)

Suggests three strategies to aid students in understanding content area texts and concepts: (1) the oral reading strategy; (2) the key concept, key terminology, key questions (C/T/Q) strategy; and (3) the question-only strategy. Suggests that a teacher try each strategy three times to positively implement the new techniques. (MKM)

Tests effects of two interventions upon question-asking behavior. Both treatments decreased latency of asking the first question, but only specific instructions affected total number of bids for clarification. Women predisposed to be high in assertiveness were facilitated by any intervention. Shorter latencies were associated with more knowledge.…

Explains how to use the techniques of interviewing to motivate older adults in a writing workshop. (FL)

Presents evidence for the validity of a scale of questions that reflects levels of difficulty in reading comprehension. (FL)

Describes questioning techniques and other approaches that stimulate class discussion and lead to better student writing. (DD)

Intermediate students scored better on reading comprehension tests when questions on content were interspersed in the text. (JD)

Five European universities engaged in a cooperative program of research and development involving the adaptation of a microteaching unit developed in the U.S. (BD)

This study compares the effects of specific questioning strategies on children's recall of stories. (SB)

The Delphi Technique is a method for identifying existing community consensus on health problems, needs, and goals by the application of three questionnaires, each of them a revision of the previous, in an attempt to obtain a broad and detailed response. (MB)

This study was designed to test two alternative explanations for the foot-in-the-door phenomenon. It was found that the issue similarity variable had no effect on compliance. However, within the similar issue condition there was a cumulative effect of persuasive message and small request. (Author)

Relating technical information in lay language and good interviewing techniques help the student prepare news releases from technical papers and reports. (HOD)

A study of 24 videotaped interviews with sexually abused children (ages 4-12) investigated the effectiveness of using anatomically correct dolls during the interview process. Results found that when children were interviewed without dolls they gave longer and more detailed responses, suggesting that use of the dolls inhibited rather than…

This study compared the details provided in eyewitness accounts of British Columbia (Canada) children (ages 4-6) interviewed with a verbal interview against those interviewed with anatomically-neutral dolls in addition to a verbal interview. Findings indicate no main effect of interview type on the amount or accuracy of the accounts. (CR)