To assess a child's communicative ability, it is important to develop not only measures of his understanding of vocabulary, but of his understanding of the syntax of language: patterns of words, regularities, and relationships of words in a sentence. Controlled test situations should be established in which the child receives minimal cues from the…

As part of the compressed speech project, a research institute and laboratory were established. Research was completed concerning aural tests and the use, methods, and variables of compressed speech. Research in progress involved the same areas. In addition, a new speech compressor was utilized, and reports of a conference and various other…

To test the effects of a course in study skills and reading, writing, and listening skills, 150 ninth-grade students were paired on the basis of desire to take the course, sex, and intelligence test scores. The experimental group--composed of one of each pair--was given an 18 weeks' course in study skills and reading, writing, and listening…

Presented are the proceedings of the Institute held to provide public day school personnel (teachers, administrators, and materials center personnel) with an opportunity to study methods of locating, acquiring, and utilizing materials for visually handicapped students. Recent research, new materials, and information from materials centers and…

Forty preschool Negro children took part in a study to test the effect of oral response versus listening in improving the spoken language of disadvantaged children. It was hypothesized that children who echo and produce sentences in response to an instruction to select the appropriate picture to match a spoken sentence would show greater verbal…

Establishment of Southwest Minnesota State College, a new 4-year college, has made possible the creation of an American Language Skills course to replace traditional freshmen English. Program emphasis is on integration and coordination of reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Students receive lectures on the reading process and on the…

This study examined the relationship between initial and final consonants on two equivalent forms of the Wepman Auditory Discrimination Test (WADT). Subjects were 128 first grade, English-speaking, Negro, disadvantaged children. The two WADT forms each contained 40 different word-pairs. Thirteen word-pairs differed in initial consonant (IPT); 13…

To examine the relationship between the vocabulary teachers use in the classroom and the percentage of that vocabulary understood by the students, 16 volunteer teachers were tape recorded for an hour and a half during a normal day's activities. Half the teachers were from lower or lower middle class families; the other half were from middle and…

Outlines for the development of a language arts curriculum in the elementary grades are presented in this state curriculum guide, which can also serve as a reference for the individual teacher of the communication skills. The philosophy behind the guide, suggested uses for it, and student evaluation procedures are followed by individual teaching…

This is a working handbook for supervisors, staff members, and managers at all levels who are looking for ways to improve their conference leadership skills. It is built around frequently asked questions on participant involvement, the nature of a guided conference, questioning and motivational techniques, amounts of presentation needed, effective…

Interpersonal communication is a complex study of speaking and listening, and of verbally and nonverbally interacting with human beings in a one-to-one basis, in a small group, or within a large group or crowd. It is a new approach to teaching the skills of conversation, group discussion, and public speaking. An outline for teaching an…

One of a series prepared by the Hawaii Newspaper Agency, this teaching guide offers ideas on how to use the newspaper to teach kindergarten and first grade students reading, writing, speaking, listening, math and science, and art. (SW)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a seven-week reading improvement course for Upward Bound students and to analyze select correlates of reading achievement. Sixty Upward Bound students attending a summer session at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, served as the sample. The subjects were randomly assigned to an experimental…

The sessions of this management instructor guide are an updating, clarification, modification, and completion of a previous instructor guide for Basic Management Techniques II. Topics covered are communication barriers, effective listening, briefing techniques; problem analysis; decision making; financial management; management theory;…

It was the purpose of this study to determine the effectiveness of developing auditory discrimination skills in kindergarten children through a series of 24 lessons prepared by the investigator and deemed appropriate by kindergarten teachers. The effect of the auditory discrimination lessons on listening habits and attitudes was also examined.…