Two methods of teaching interaction and communication skills were compared. One method was lecturing while a second involved lecturing plus modeling and practice. Results showed that although both groups of 24 subjects made progress, only the second group's learning of communication skills was statistically significant compared to the pretest…

The author presents a short history of the Marriage Encounter movement. He discusses the underlying theory of the movement which involves a faith in God and developing dialogue between the husband and wife. Weekend encounter sessions are also described. (EJT)

Use of monitoring techniques at Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center has revealed that young physicians have multiple defects in their interviewing and physical diagnosis skills: errors of technique, omission, detection, interpretation, and recording. Methods developed and utilized over the past three years to teach, monitor, correct and…

Noting the limitations of clinical legal education when it focuses only on the learning of practical skills outside the classroom, the authors describe an experimental course in civil procedure designed to adapt clinical methods to the classroom by placing each student in the role of the lawyer in a specific case with class presentations and…

Research on the reliability of various measures of interviewing skills used an experimental design involving patient interviews of medical students in their sophomore and senior years. Results suggest caution against overinterpretation of data from faculty raters and illustrate that nonprofessionals can be trained to use interaction analysis…

A model for developing teacher interpersonal skill was employed to improve teacher-student relationships. Teachers (N=18) received 20 hours of training that consisted of studying human relationship skills, listening to taped examples of good relationships, and practice through role playing. Teachers did significantly increase their ability to…

The author describes a method for presenting Carkhuff's model of a helping relationship which involves three-to five-hour workshops. The training scheme is a sequential approach to the attending, responding, initiating and communicating stages found in a helping relationship. (Author/SE)

As an answer to a previous article written by David Frey on creativity, the author argues that creativity is not innate but learned. He admits the important role creativity plays in counseling, but maintains that creativity is very much a developmental process that is influenced by the environment. (Author/SE)

Discusses the development of the ability to speak independently through the use of exercises which progress gradually from direct external guidance through indirect external guidance to self-directed utterance. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

A self-instructional program on decision making was used in conjunction with workshops to introduce the staff of an instructional materials company to the decision tree process as they used it to study their own film production problem. (Author/MS)

Mainstreaming is taking the disadvantaged or handicapped into regular programs and developing an instructional system that will meet their needs. (Author)

The workshop improved participant attending behavior, sensitivity and listening skills, ability to give and receive feedback, and appropriate regulation of affection needs in interpersonal relationships. (Author)

Research literature on the relationship between teacher characteristics and behavior and student achievement is examined. It is found that this relation does not offer an empirical basis for the prescription of teacher-training objectives. Tables illustrate the findings. (JR)

Outdoor recreation is a vitally important part of the educational experience received by students in the Coventry R. I. Natural Resources Program. (BP)