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Jansen, Dorien; Petry, Katja; Ceulemans, Eva; Noens, Ilse; Baeyens, Dieter – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2017
Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience various functioning and participation problems in higher education, which may cause difficulties such as drop out or low grade point averages. However, it remains unclear how often and during which teaching and evaluation methods the functioning and participation problems occur and which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Keaten, James A.; Kelly, Lynne; Finch, Cynthia – Communication Education, 2000
Presents a follow-up study to further assess the extent to which reticent participants subscribe to beliefs outlined in prior research and to further test the ability of the Penn State program to alter those beliefs. Reveals significant pretreatment differences between reticent and comparison group participants on 7 of 16 beliefs. Shows…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Nelson, Eileen S.; Webster, Stephanie – 1991
A study examined the effects of rational-emotive therapy (RET) and visualization as interventions to reduce communication apprehension as measured by the Personal Report of Communication Anxiety-25. Forty-seven undergraduate students were randomly assigned to one of three groups: RET, visualization, or an attention-placebo group. The RET group…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Higher Education
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Glaser, Susan R. – Management Communication Quarterly, 1994
Assesses the effectiveness of a teambuilding intervention among a group of department leaders. Finds that, three years after the intervention began, group members reported an increase in ability to raise issues and manage conflict; increases in mutual praise, support, and cooperation; clarification of roles and responsibilities; and a long-term…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Cooperative Planning, Group Dynamics
Vesely, Marie; And Others – 1982
Applying for public assistance can be a difficult, long, and humiliating process. Administrative practices can prevent applicants from receiving their lawful benefits from agencies handling Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). To examine these problems, Project Fair Play recruited graduate social work and law students as advocates for…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Client Characteristics (Human Services), College Students, Communication Problems
Frankel, Carole N. – 1994
To address the special second language learning needs of deaf college students, a project was undertaken at Gallaudet University (District of Columbia), the world's only four-year liberal arts university for the deaf, to create 36 videotaped lessons in grammar, signed in American Sign Language, for first-year French and Spanish instruction. The…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Second Language Programs, Communication Problems, Deafness