Describes a system for constructing an index of student and teacher classroom behaviors which may enable an eventual identification of the true relationships between teaching styles and strategies and learning styles and strategies. (AN)

Research supported by a grant from the Canada Council. (VM)

Discusses mime, masks, improvisation, body training, and choral dynamics as techniques for improving actors' body movements. (RD)

An interview with a prominent artist in which he explains his progression from the egotism of abstract expressionistic paintings to the less self-conscious and puristic "constructions of his current style. The construction process, the materials used, and the joy of the working experience are discussed. (BF)

This study was conducted to determine what effect structured interpersonal communication and writing exercises have on student achievement of the principles of business communication. Results indicated there was a significant increase in student achievement of the principles of business communication when structured interpersonal communication and…

Discusses materials in the ERIC system concerning nonverbal communication. Examines nonverbal cues in other cultures and the differences traditional nonverbal cues take on in the classroom. (HTH)

Reviews court cases and current issues involving nonverbal communication and the First Amendment. Concludes that many modes of nonverbal expression have won a firm place under the umbrella of protection of the First Amendment but that some modes (flag and draft card burnings, economic boycotts, and coercive persuasion) still raise troublesome…

A severely retarded adolescent boy who had not acquired oral expression skills was taught five manual signs to express a food preference. A multiple baseline design employed across behaviors demonstrated that instruction was effective for all five signs. (Author)

Employs the metaphor of verbal language to explore the elements which make up the alphabet, grammar, and vocabulary of visual language, with special emphasis on medical illustrations. Form, line, mass, the role of light, perspective, and visual perception are discussed; nine figures and five references are included. (JL)

Female subjects acted out neutral messages to obtain gaze baseline, then positive or negative message to camera. Half used strong emotion; other half used weak emotion. Found more direct gaze was maintained when expressing strong emotion. Positivity-negativity of message did not affect gaze direction. (Author)

A format was developed at Meyer Children's Rehabilitation Institute (Omaha, Nebraska) to help the parents, teachers, and others become sensitive to the specific vocabulary needs of the nonspeaking child. (Author)

Subject pairs (N=18) participated in an alternating question-and-answer session at one of two interactional distances utilizing questions which increased in their intimacy content. Results indicated topic intimacy, but not distance, affected the embarrassment potential of the situation. Increases in embarrassment caused changes in nonverbal and…

Investigated influences of physical attractiveness and self-disclosures of nonprofessional counselors in initial counseling interviews. College females saw audiotaped interviews in which an unidentified male counselor revealed no self-information or expressed demographic or personal similarity self-disclosures. Nondisclosing, unattractive…