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Plazewski, Joseph G.; Allen, Vernon L. – 1978
Twenty-four college students served as tutors in an examination of the use of paralanguage and nonverbal behavior in presenting a lesson intended for an adult of the tutor's age and for a child. Each subject was tape recorded twice while reading verbatim a lesson from a grade school textbook. Before each taping, the subject was told that the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Cross Age Teaching
Download full textPutnam, Linda L.; Skerchock, Linda – 1978
Verbal and nonverbal patterns of dominance in dyads formed from a group of 72 college students determined to be sex-type males, sex-type females, or androgynous individuals were investigated in the study described in this paper. The paper first notes problems in recent research on sex differences in communication, presents the research questions…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Communication Research
Urwin, Cathy – 1979
Literature on the sighted child suggests that blind children might be delayed in language acquisition and/or restricted in the semantic content of their utterances and in the communicative intentions they express. This study questions the use of guidelines appropriate for monitoring sighted children in the study of language development in blind…
Descriptors: Blindness, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition
Grujic, Zdenda; Libby, William L., Jr. – 1978
The present study was designed to investigate whether known intercultural differences in nonverbal behavior extend to specific nonverbal repertoires accompanying, and perhaps facilitating the act of speaking a verbal language. Conversations in the form of structured interviews between 48 French-Canadian, French-English bilinguals (24 males and 24…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Lewis-Smith, Virginia – 1977
This master's thesis investigates the evaluative instruments currently available for measuring nonverbal behaviors in the classroom. Chapters discuss the following topics: classroom nonverbal communication, major and minor evaluative instruments, problems in current studies of nonverbal communication, and recommendations for further study of…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Bonifay, Rosemary W., Ed.; Smith, Gertrude G., Ed. – 1978
The activities presented in this packet correlate with the skills necessary for minimum competency which are listed in a related document, "Elementary Language Arts Program Management Guide, K-5." Skills involving nonverbal communication, oral communication, literature, language, and written communication correlate with the specific Florida State…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Trace Center. – 1976
The report details the results of a research and development program on communication aids for the education of the non-vocal severely handicapped. Much of the information in the report was prepared so that it could stand alone, and is in the form of individual papers, reports, and a sourcebook. The documents are divided into three sections: (1)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills, Educational Media
Philips, Susan U. – 1975
The performance and recognition of the act of putting people on involves an awareness and use not only of aspects of the communicative process that hold for all face-to-face interaction, but also of culturally acquired aspects of communication. Teasing and punning are varieties of communicative acts that involve the use of the put-on to accomplish…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Figurative Language, Human Relations, Humor
Berliner, David C. – 1969
This paper reviews the history and current state of research and development on microteaching and technical skills training, particularly as these are related to the Stanford University program. Background sections describe the historical development of the technical skills approach as a preservice teacher training program and its…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Microteaching, Nonverbal Communication, Preservice Teacher Education
Wimer, Frances N., Ed. – Virginia English Bulletin, 1973
Focusing on the communication arts, the articles in this volume include "Communication: The Echo in the Lives of Your Students"; "Communication through Interacting Curriculum Design"; "American Studies Provide Opportunity for Communication"; "Humanities-Oriented Independent Study"; "Composing for Real"; "The Editorial: A Teaching Device for…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, American Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Design
Scientific American, Inc., New York, NY. – 1972
With present advances in communication technology, profound and qualitative changes in our civilization are taking place--in business and politics, in education, in entertainment, interpersonal relations, and the organization of society itself. In honor of the significance of such developments, an entire issue of "Scientific American" magazine…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Community Change
Bradac, James J. – 1972
Focusing on communicative competence as a major concept in speech communication, the author discusses the implications for theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical activities. Theoretical concerns generated by this focus are: characterization of the knowledge which comprises communicative competence, description of rules for appropriate…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
Smith, Elbert J., Ed. – 1971
This Registry is designed to be a single-source reference to aid in determining the kinds of communication research in process, where it is being conducted, and by whom. The projects are categorized by one or more primary areas of communication and then as to the most applicable basic form of communication. Basic areas of communication research…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavioral Science Research, Colleges, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Wiio, Osmo A. – 1973
A more unified approach to communication theory can evolve through systems modeling of information theory, communication modes, and mass media operations. Such systematic analysis proposes, as is the case care here, that information models be based upon combinations of energy changes and exchanges and changes in receiver systems. The mass media is…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Cybernetics
Lamb, Barbara – 1971
This monograph outlines a course in the study of nonverbal or graphic symbols in communication, of language as symbols and of symbols within language. Performance objectives for the students are: (1) giving examples of the use of nonverbal and/or graphic communication symbols; (2) deducing that people assign different meanings to the same work and…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Curriculum Guides, Figurative Language
