This inquiry began with the observation that learning from instruction is radically more efficient for obtaining information than learning by discovery. A series of seven experiments was conducted to determine some of the factors involved in learning from verbal instruction. The perspective adopted was that of communication theory, in which the…

This study explored the relationship between changes in student classroom behavior and teacher behavior. More specifically, teacher responses to students were evaluated as a function of systematic changes in the students' classroom behavior. The investigation was conducted in a fifth-grade classroom of a primary school located in a residential,…

This booklet discusses four aspects of nonverbal communication: understanding silent language; nonverbal communication in the classroom; how the unspoken, unwritten curriculum operates; and measuring nonverbal behavior. The discussion focuses on the nature of nonverbal communication, nonverbal communication and involvement, humaneness and the…

A number of exercises for promoting communication and self-expression in the classroom are described. (RM)

The author describes an affective education program which helped fifth grade students to understand themselves better and to increase their vocabulary for expressing emotions. As a result, students seemed to increase friendships. Various learning tasks and procedures were used to achieve the above. (SE)

Needs of teachers and students occasionally conflict. The problem can be solved if the teacher is able to communicate his or her needs, respect students' needs and rights, and show confidence in their ability to be highly adaptable problem solvers. (JD)

Students in the Mississippi State University Department of Agricultural and Extension Education (138) completed a questionnaire designed to identify variables that might cause communication problems in the classes taught in that department. Uncomfortable seating, lack of visual aids, and lack of handouts were the three most important problems…

Strategies that may be used to evaluate and record the progress of students and ways of enlisting parents' aid and understanding of problems are discussed. (JD)

The form and content of teacher-pupil interaction is shown to be related to pupil distance from the teacher. Pupils seated closer to the teacher are more involved in decision making and question answering while those further away are more likely to be lectured to and less likely to participate in classroom decision making.(JMF)

A program designed to strengthen affective competencies in a classroom situation is described. (JD)

Both technical health words and common health words produce communication blockages in college sex education classes. (MM)

Moral education is described here as the process of getting better and better at dealing fairly with conflicting perspectives on what is right in a particular situation. (Author/AM)

This study investigated the hypothesis that information spoken by the teacher immediately following a prolonged silence is learned more effectively than the same information spoken in the normal speech patterns. Results show that prolonged periods of teacher silence can be a means to implement learning. (Author/RM)

A description of research in education for communication with specific reference to the native (French) language class. Linguistic mastery is the ability to adapt the language to various situations. The pedagogical implications of research in the relationship between types of communication and linguistic structure are immense. (Text is in French.)…

Literature on the following topics is reviewed: (1) discourse analysis as it relates to communicative competence; (2) classroom communication, and (3) the needs of students wishing to gain fluency in a foreign language. (MSE)