Discusses speech anxiety in terms of a general theoretical conceptualization of anxiety known as the Trait-State Anxiety Theory and reports on the preliminary development of a scale to measure speech anxiety. (Author)

Outlines an attempt to use consultative and training skills in combination with pastoral skills to achieve a more creative mix in a conflicted, alienated congregation in the Midwest. (Author/LF)

Verbal and non-verbal communication between social workers and unwed pregnant teens is facilitated by use of concrete tasks which help the teen to express her identity and face her situation. (NH)

Maintains that everyone involved in a specific school can benefit from more effective communication; presents a technique of approaching human relations education. (DM)

Parental understanding of PKU, investigated through a questionnaire, was evaluated as to completeness and with respect to distortion. Education of parents was found to be unrelated to their understanding or tendency to distort. Effectiveness of the pediatrician's communication with parents is discussed. (Author/KW)

Describes the ESEA Title I kindergarten program of the Decatur, Illinois schools, which has been planned to include many preventive and remedial aspects of compensatory education. (DM)

The previous chapters of the yearbook are summarized and challenges to the industrial arts teacher educator are presented. (GB)

This study of over 300 managers with interdepartmental liaison responsibilities drawn from five departments of the same firm, attempts to explain variances in the interdepartmental conflict across individuals and across departments. (Author)

Words, rather than their meanings are too often the product of science instruction. Deeper understandings can be achieved by (1) allowing students to generate terms meaningful to them, (2) doing more research into the relation between cognition and language in children, and (3) establishing a set of criteria for justifying the inclusion of…

Outlines the expectations of news reporters and school administrators for news coverage of schools and public education. States that conflicts between the two groups can be alleviated through greater understanding and communication. (WD)

Discusses problems often encountered in oral history interviews including absence of rules, authority, and training; little comprehension of the deeper meaning of words; and failure to consider the true meaning and purposes of oral interviews. Information is also presented on definition of oral history, approaches to problems,…

The difference in interpersonal communication patterns of principals when engaged in discussions with teachers under conditions of high perceptual disagreement and low perceptual disagreement is questioned. Findings support the hypothesis that superiors tend to communicate with subordinates in a disconfirming pattern under conditions of high…