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Long, Joan E.; And Others – 1986
The effects of faculty training in sex equitable and effective interaction skills were assessed. Twenty-three professors participated in a two and one-half day training workshop that focused on (1) the elimination of sex-biased teacher-student interactions in the classroom; and (2) the distribution, precision, and quality of teacher responses to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty
Dalton, David W.; Watson, James F. – 1986
This study examined the effects of a year-long word processing program on learners' holistic writing skills. Based on results of a writing pretest, 80 seventh grade students were designated as relatively high or low in prior writing achievement and assigned to one of two groups: a word processing treatment and a conventional writing process…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Factor Analysis, Grade 7
Meyer, Linda A.; And Others – 1985
Kindergarten children in three school districts were observed to measure the variance in their abilities upon entering school as well as the variance in the literacy-related instruction they received. The school districts differed in their early childhood education philosophies, as reflected in their kindergarten programs, their choices of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Rehn, Robert A. – 1985
The relationship between student personality traits and achievement with either mediated self-instruction or didactic large group instruction was investigated. Subjects were 159 female third-year nursing students at Loyola University of Chicago. Subjects received instruction on tracheostomy care and intravenous (I.V.) therapy through either a…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Audiotape Recordings, Autoinstructional Aids, Dogmatism
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 24 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the relationship between changing sex-role attitudes and behaviors and changing decision-making patterns among married couples; (2) a comparison of the effect…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Doctoral Dissertations
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; And Others – 1984
This report contains four studies related to preparation of youth for employment after leaving school. The first study, "Learning as a Product of Exposure and Readiness" (Hotchkiss), examined the effects of curriculum on the learning of basic skills using an interaction model. The data collected revealed statistically significant interactions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum
Brumfit, Christopher, Ed. – 1983
The papers include: "Applied Linguistics and Comunicative Language Teaching" (Christopher Brumfit); "Evaluation of the East Midlands Graded Assessment Feasibility Study" (Elaine S. Freedman); "Aspects of Standardisation within a Communicative Assessment Syllabus" (Nicola Lees); "Experimenting with…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Style, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Jenkins, Mercilee M.; And Others – 1983
Based on the realization that professors' cultural and personal backgrounds affect the way they transmit information and the way they interact with men and women students in their classes, this booklet is designed to help faculty members assess how they are presenting subject matter to their students. The first section of the booklet,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Communication, College Faculty, College Students
Schon, Isabel; And Others – 1982
Two studies were conducted among Hispanic secondary school students in Arizona to determine whether providing special reading time with a wide variety of reading materials in Spanish would affect the students' reading abilities, reading attitudes, and academic self-concepts. The studies were conducted in two Arizona high schools, one in a high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Educational Research
Arnau, Joaquim – 1989
A study analyzed and compared the classroom interactional strategies of two teachers of Catalan immersion classes and one teacher of Spanish as a native language in Spain at the kindergarten level. The theoretical framework guiding the study is based on analysis of the native-speaker/non-native-speaker distinction. Two comparisons were made: (1)…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Sinai, Raquel – 1986
This manual was developed for use by the personnel of the New Jersey state department of education to provide technical assistance to local, state, and federal bilingual education and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) projects in the state. It contains seven training modules, each consisting of a reproducible workshop packet with procedures for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Duby, Aliza – 1988
An internal report of Educational Radio and Television (ERTV), the South African Broadcasting Corporation, this literature survey is designed to provide a basis for specific practical, local research in areas such as curriculum analysis, target audience research, research on listening habits, availability of the medium, cost analysis, and…
Descriptors: Audiences, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Genishi, Celia; Dyson, Anne Haas – 1984
Encouraging the appreciation and assessment of children's language and communication, from birth to the age of eight, is the focus of this volume. Following an introduction, chapter 2 elaborates on the interactionist framework, citing recent studies related to the acquisition of oral language and literacy, while the next two chapters describe…
Descriptors: Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Interaction
Smith, Susan M. – 1981
This study was conducted to explore three questions: (1) Do students of different cultures react differently to actions teachers use in their efforts to maintain classroom control? (2) To what extent do these students' behaviors fit the general patterns identified for their cultural groups? and (3) Do students who do not share the dominant school…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Black Students, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences
Wakefield, Patricia, Comp. – 1984
This report describes the background, organization, design, evaluation, and recommendations of a demonstration project involving a model preschool for 3- to 4-year-old children learning English as a second language (ESL). The impetus for the project was the increase in the number of immigrant children in British Columbia. Objectives were to…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Demonstration Programs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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