The traditional educational role of speech communication is too narrow to encompass recent contributions to speech communication and the increasing recognition that communication is central to the teaching/learning process. This paper first redefines speech communication education as the study of the process of speech communication in…

Advocates the use of traditional Aboriginal education methods in the Australian classroom in an attempt to provide bicultural as well as bilingual schooling for Aboriginal children. (CM)

Sixty-three third and sixth graders in an experimental teaching session provided either genuine or dissembled (disguised) verbal praise to a student (confederate). Trained coders and naive observers analyzed nonverbal behavior. As hypothesized, nonverbal cues such as facial expressions, body movement, and pausing indicated verbal deception.…

Strategies for organizing and instructing science classes are discussed. Recommendations for African universities are made. (SD)

Perceived student-teacher interpersonal similarity/dissimilarity (homophily/heterophily) was explored as a possible construct for deciphering the determinants of teaching effectiveness and for gauging teaching effectiveness. (MJB)

University students and faculty participated in a study to determine the factors that account for college students' interest in their classes. Results showed that three factors--instructor communication, course stimulation, and course applicability explain 66 percent of the variance in interest. Student attendance and class participation were also…

Presents an exploratory investigation into the spoken language of teachers and pupils in junior and middle schools in Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire, England, with the focus on comparing the spoken language interactions in the more "formal" class lessons with those in the individual face-to-face encounters between teacher and student. (Author/RK)

This study examines the relationship between teachers' and students' priorities regarding instructional practices and the actual occurrence of these practices in the classroom. A Likert-type inventory provided the data. Levels of agreement varied. The validity of the results and their implications for curriculum evaluation and instruction are…

Situational analysis of student-teacher and student-student interaction during a kindergarten/first grade social occasion provides information on verbal and nonverbal behavior forms, situational contexts, and tacit rules of classroom interaction. (MJB)

The theme of this paper is that the individual research worker is mistaken if he adopts a scaled-down version of the traditional forms of research style. Examines some forms of research counter to conventional styles. (Author/RK)

Emphasizes the need in communication education to balance the teaching of specific terminal behaviors with the teaching of cognitive learning. Suggests teaching methods for implementing cognitive goals in the classroom. (MH)

Provides suggestions for improving the interpersonal communications skills of teachers and students. Deals particularly with methods for dissolving negative feelings between teacher and student to encourage cooperation in problem-solving education. (KH)

Describes the SOLO Taxonomy, a five-level hierarchy designed to help teachers evaluate the quality of students' thinking. Illustrates how the taxonomy may be used to construct questions and score responses to test questions. Concludes that the taxonomy has broad curriculum applicability and can make a substantial contribution to improved teaching…

Describes several ways to create a classroom environment conducive to reading, including designing reading bulletin boards, creating reading and writing centers, and establishing "discovery spots" to encourage young readers. (MM)

Describes how a teacher and students deal with the death of a classmate through sharing aloud her written compositions. (MM)