This paper reported the results of a study designed to determine whether certain instructional strategies are superior to others in teaching problem solving to high school chemistry students. The effectiveness of four instructional strategies for teaching problem solving to students of various proportional reasoning ability, verbal and visual…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) metaphor as argument in editorial cartoons, (2) conversational arguments, (3) message retention under threat of speech performance, (4) dominance and hostility…

Noting that teachers' nonverbal behaviors are frequently inconsistent with their verbal messages, a situation that detracts from student learning, this paper offers an activity for focusing prospective teachers' attentions on the frequency and impact of discrepant verbal-nonverbal messages occurring in the classroom. The step-by-step process is…

The entries in this extensive bibliography represent books, educational journals, dissertations, popular magazines, and research studies that deal with the topic of nonverbal communication. Divided into time periods (1975 to present, 1973 to 1975, and before 1973), the titles span a variety of topics, including the following: sensory perception,…

Research questions and literature pertaining to a conceptual model on productivity at the departmental level are discussed. The model can be pictured as involving three goal-achievement processes: faculty research, faculty teaching, and student learning. Items that constitute the goal achievement process are goals, committed resources, expended…

Recent studies have investigated the transition of relationships from a more intimate to a less intimate state--the depenetration process. Various phases of interpersonal conflict in the dissolution of marital dyads have been described, and factors indicating that a marriage might be "in trouble" have been identified. Processes that are…

A report is made on studies designed to experimentally assess the effects of student ethnicity, sex, achievement record, and behavior record on teacher presentations of standards and teacher warmth. Teachers reported on how they would respond to hypothetical classroom problems presented by students selected at random from their roll books.…

The object of this research was to establish a reliable test battery to determine probable future success for those persons who wish to be trained as expert classroom observers. The focus of this investigation was to predict coding performance. This report presents the findings of a replication of an earlier study that indicated that coder…

One hundred studies on small group communication that were published in speech communication journals from 1969 to 1978 are summarized and critiqued in this paper. The literature is classified into three new lines of research (critical variable, process, and tangential) and three continuing lines of research (leadership, discussion, and pedagogy).…

This telecommunications program planned and initiated by the Alaska Department of Education is designed to (1) provide basic communication capability to the state's 52 school district headquarters, (2) examine and report the results of making research and instructional information collections which exist outside Alaska available to educational…

In developing an ecological theory of teaching, the classroom is viewed as a sociological unit. The unit of interest was the teacher-student learning group. The basic question explored was: What is the relationship between human interactions and the physical and social context of the group. Teams of scholars met in seminars, each member bringing…

This document was developed to assist educators in the ongoing task of developing a learning environment that is free from sex-role stereotyping, and a curriculum that accurately depicts the roles of women. As a resource guide, this document actively supports a number of Ontario's Ministry of Education guidelines concerning the education of…

The gap between theory and practice in the field of physical education is examined, with particular attention paid to the implications of the disparity for teacher training. Some learning and teaching objectives of physical education are discussed, and the importance of a firmly established and cooperative relationship between teacher and pupil is…

The nature of educational settings and the relationship between educational settings and educational change is discussed. It is suggested that the standard linear organizational structure within most school settings is detrimental to the implementation and development of creative change strategies. The rigidity of this type of organizational…

Based on an assumption that research on the treatment components of experiential education programs is useful in understanding and improving them, a study examined the component of student interaction with adults. Focusing on reference group theory (symbolic interactionism), the conceptual framework of the study is founded upon the assumption that…