The manual of classroom observation techniques is intended to provide observers with detailed descriptions of standardized procedures and techniques involved in sequential data collection in a classroom. Focus is on obtaining reliable data on sequential interactions between teachers, peers, and subjects (each of the students in turn is a subject).…

The main problem in computer gaming research is the initial decision of choosing the type of gaming method to be used. Free-form games lead to exciting open-ended confrontations that generate much information. However, they do not easily lend themselves to analysis because they generate far too much information and their results are seldom…

In this experiment two variables relevant to explaining the social support phenomenon were investigated. Response position of the partner (first vs fourth) and contact between partner and S prior to the group situation (contact vs. no contact) were manipulated. Male and female Ss responded to visual, information, and opinion items in a group…

Previous research has indicated that preschool aged children are aware of racial differences, but this awareness does not affect their interaction in mixed-race groups. The present study extended this work by comparing 2- and 4-person homogeneous and racially-mixed groups of 3 1/2 to 5 year old children. Results indicated that the frequencies of…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of inservice training in individual reading conferences and interaction analysis on the individual reading conferences conducted by elementary school teachers in the intermediate grades. Fourteen public school teachers were divided into an experimental and control group. The experimental group…

The New York Telephone Company recently improved its customer relations through the development of a transactional analysis training program for its employees. The program's four phases are described. (Author/BP)

This study investigated comparative perceptions of counselor behavior. There was greater agreement between clients and observers than between clients and counselors and counselors and observers on four dimensions. The data suggested the existence of a common factor of perceived counselor behavior. (Author)

The cultural hijackee syndrome occurs when Mexican Americans interact with the dominant culture over extended periods of time. This syndrome is basically a survival mechanism in which threat and fear are the main elements, and identification with the aggressor and his cause are the attitudinal and behavioral results. (Author/NQ)

Eight speech clinicians responded to questionnaires and audiotapes designed to analyze clinician-child discourse in a language remediation setting with 5- to 8-year-old language delayed children. (Author/CL)

This overview of sex-role development in children focuses on sex typing, sex-role stereotyping, and ways to assist children in sex-role development. (CM)

Investigates the effects of communication apprehension on listeners by focusing on the extent to which the apprehension of the sender influences his/her communication effectiveness as perceived by the receiver. (MH)

Discusses findings which suggest that frequency adverbs do affect the perceived aggresiveness of sentences at most levels of verbal aggression. (MH)

Results suggested that preschool age siblings may facilitate mastery of the object environment by infants. (Author/JMB)