This paper proposes a general principle of topic resources as a key principle of conversation. The first section of the paper offers a discussion of the notion of cohesion as a condition in which interactants perceive that their utterances are related to one another and presents the "given-new" strategy (in which the interactants…

The behavior patterns of 6 handicapped children and 14 nonhandicapped children were recorded during participation in a model developmental-interactive based curriculum for preschool children. Interactions were recorded using the Coping Analysis Schedule for Educational Settings. Among findings were the following: the consistently high occurrence…

An intensive, naturalistic, observational study was conducted of a preschool class which integrated eight handicapped and five nonhandicapped children. An attempt was made to identify social and physical settings which maximized interaction among members of the two groups. Observations (N=2,306) of the social and play behaviors were recorded over…

TO HELP PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS DEVELOP TEACHING SKILLS, PAIRS OF CASES (RECORDS OF REAL TEACHING SITUATIONS) WHICH DEPICT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT APPROACHES TAKEN BY TEACHERS WITH A SIMILAR CLASSROOM PROBLEM ARE VERBALLY DESCRIBED. EACH PAIR OF CASES IS ANALYZED USING THE CATEGORIES OF THE VERBAL INTERACTION CATEGORY SYSTEM (VICS) WHICH MEASURES…

A PRINCIPAL'S INTERACTION PATTERN IN FACULTY MEETINGS, TESTED BY THE CRISPIN SYSTEM OF INTERACTION ANALYSIS WAS HYPOTHESIZED TO BE THE MAJOR CAUSE FOR INTERSCHOOL TEACHER ATTITUDE DIFFERENCES. THE AUTHORS FURTHER HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE MORE INDIRECT THE PRINCIPAL'S BEHAVIOR (WILLINGLY SHARES HIS AUTHORITY WITH TEACHERS), THE MORE SUPPORTIVE WILL BE…

THE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS USED TO OBTAIN AND PROJECT 8 MM SOUND FILMS OF SPONTANEOUS, NONSIMULATED SAMPLES OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN STUDENT TEACHERS AND PUPILS WERE DESCRIBED. THE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO BE USED BY OBSERVERS WHILE JUDGING AND RATING THE INTERACTIONS RECORDED IN THE FILMS IS ALSO DESCRIBED. FILMS WERE MADE OF 15-MINUTE LESSONS…

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OF BOTH COUNSELORS AND COUNSELEES TO A GROUP COUNSELING EXPERIENCE PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN IN THE FIRST, SEVENTH, AND NINTH GRADES. THESE DATA WERE COLLECTED IN FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM 41 COUNSELORS WHO HAD CONDUCTED A TOTAL OF 120 PARENT COUNSELING GROUPS. AN…

A study was conducted to identify the independent and conjoint influence of attitude similarity and initial interactions on interpersonal attraction to relative strangers. The 124 college students who were participants in the study were informed that they would be working on a project with either an attitudinally similar or dissimilar stranger…

This paper outlines the research on the reciprocal effects of children and parents on one another and briefly discusses the methods and concepts currently employed in the area. Three types of observational studies are identified: (1) parent-infant studies in which slow-motion and stop-frame video pictures are used to analyze minute details of…

THE USE OF THE COMPUTER MAY BE ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH VARIED LINGUISTIC INTERESTS (SOCIOLINGUISTICS, PSYCHOLINGUISTICS) COME TO BE RENDERED INTERRELATED AND EVEN INTELLECTUALLY COHERENT. (THE CRITERION OF COHERENCE IS SET HERE AT MONISM AS TO MODELS.) ONE OF THE AUTHOR'S MAJOR INTERESTS IS A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO SCIENTIFIC CREATIVITY,…

In a test of three computer models to simulate group decisions, data were used from 31 American and Austrian groups on a total of 307 trials. The task for each group was to predict a series of answers of an unknown subject on a value-orientation questionnaire, after being given a sample of his typical responses. The first model, used the mean of…

This book is designed for use in competency-based or field-based education programs, or in courses where emphasis is on developing classroom teaching skills. Part 1 focuses on competencies related to communication as it occurs in a variety of social, political, business, and educational settings. Topics covered in this section include (a)…

The purpose of this study was to describe and exemplify a model to aid schools in introducing and evaluating new instructional programs. Four basic steps are identified: selecting the curriculum goals, identifying a possible program or programs, evaluating the implementation of the program or programs, and developing and obtaining instruments for…

An 11 category modified Flanders' interaction analysis system was developed for analyzing the verbal behavior of graduate student recitation teachers in an introductory college geology course. Data were collected from six recitation teachers and 423 students. The teachers were trained in the use of the system and analyzed tapes of their own…

A system of interaction analysis, the Instrument for the Analysis of Science Teaching (IAST, Part 1), and an accompanying sign system (IAST, Part 2) were developed. Originally used to analyze teaching behavior observed in elementary school classrooms where "Science--A Process Approach" was being taught, IAST was later found to be…