Analyzes communication barriers in teaching methods such as lectures, prepared and live case studies, experiential exercises, and computer simulations. Concludes that the most serious barriers were the instructors' and students' tendency not to listen, instructors' hostile attitudes, personality conflicts between instructors and students, and an…

Points out how the work of Robert Zoellner helps students to achieve professional competence as speakers and writers. Discusses the "talk-write" model, which focuses on speaking and writing as behaviors and uses reinforcement to shape effective writing. (EL)

Shares on-the-job impressions of technical writing with the intention of providing information about the technical writer's roles in business communication. (EL)

Examines patterns of communication, modes of guidance and discipline, and affectional bonds between 176 Yoruba hearing mothers and their deaf children. Mothers perceived children's expressive linguistic abilities more negatively than receptive abilities. Communication difficulties affected mothers' guidance and discipline. Mothers' verbal claims…

Demonstrates that there are important conceptual distinctions among the constructs of reticence, shyness, communication apprehension, and unwillingness to communicate. Argues that the failure to recognize the distinctions impedes research and precludes improved methods of identifying the problems and improving treatment. (PD)

Discusses science education trends of the last 15 years, new challenges facing science education in a technological society, and the use of planetariums to supplement formal science education. (MLH)

This project was to defuse common myths that hinder communication about sexuality to help parents become more effective sex educators of their own children. Over 1,000 parents participated in programs offered by 70 community leaders trained through the project. Recommendations for curriculum and structure of such programs are discussed. (Author)

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This paper examines various ways in which communication between patient and doctor can fail, and suggests a framework that will enable researchers to distinguish and analyze the factors involved in the success or failure of verbal communication. (CHK)

Surreptitious contacts between board and faculty are dangerous, but a sensibly structured relationship can benefit both parties, says the president of the University of Oregon, who offers his suggestions on tenure and other board/faculty problems. (Editor)

The study of nonverbal communication continues to grow across the spectrum of research in many fields of study. Good textbooks and research studies are available to the scholar and the student, and courses about nonverbal behavior and communication are found in modern curricula. This book focuses on the complex, often hidden, processes that…

This book is designed for school principals, for principal figures in a company or in a home, and for those who are the "principal" figure in their own lives. According to the author, it contains ideas "that will help you manage daily life intelligently and compassionately and make tomorrow more manageable." It contains quotes that are selected…

This report, coupled with current nationwide interest in encouraging schools to adopt comprehensive reform strategies or programs, urgently communicates the need for school improvement. Many schools, which are not supported by adequate funding, continuous professional-development programs, and active parent involvement, are the ones struggling to…

The rise of distance education classrooms in colleges and universities call for attention to the difference in communicative strategies need from a regular classroom. This study examined the concept of classroom communication apprehension (CCA) and the distance classroom. Ninety-two students from three different classes participated in this study.…