The author argues that legitimacy in curriculum offerings will result from exemplary programs serving community needs and involving community resources, rather than from legislative effort. In reviewing unsuccessful attempts to legislate a health education program in Nebraska, the following observations are made: (1) legislation…

This bibiliography on communication apprehension was compiled from computer searches of the ERIC, Psychological Abstracts, and Dissertation Abstracts data bases, as well as from general readings in the subject area. The more than 1,000 citations are arranged alphabetically by author within the following categories: articles in books,…

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPETENCE IN COMMUNICATION AND LEARNING POTENTIAL OF APPROXIMATELY 500 MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN, AGES 3 TO 9, WAS CONDUCTED. CONCERN WITH CARELESS DESIGNATION OF MENTAL RETARDATION AS A CAUSE OF DELAYED SPEECH LED TO A STUDY OF 1,200 CASE HISTORIES. MANY OF THESE CASE HISTORIES WERE DIAGNOSED…

THE PROGRAM AT P.S. 158-M FOR "APHASIC" CHILDREN PROVIDES THE PROPER SETTING (SMALL CLASSES, HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND EXCELLENT TEACHERS, DIRECT SUPERVISORY INSTRUCTION, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT) IN WHICH TO STUDY THE PARTICULAR CHILD AND HIS CAPACITIES AND INCAPACITIES. COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE ARE DEVELOPED USING INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP…

THIS STUDY SOUGHT TO IDENTIFY VARIABLES RELATED TO EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATION IN MILITARY OPERATIONS. THE GOAL WAS TO DEVELOP TESTS TO CLASSIFY OFFICERS AND AIRMEN, BASED UPON ALL OF THE BROAD COMMUNICATION ABILITIES NEEDED IN THE AIR FORCE. THE RESEARCH OUTLINE CONSISTED OF REVIEWING COMMUNICATION STUDIES AND OTHER TESTS, PREPARING A REDUCED…

Doublespeak--inflated, involved, and often deliberately ambiguous language--can occur in the interpretation of statistics when a "credible" statistic is misused, when an unsupported number is passed off as a credible statistic, or when the limitations of a statistic are not known. This paper, intended for English teachers who are…

Creative drama and language experiences are described as ways of improving speech and language learning in communication disordered children. (CL)

Obstacles to effective school television can be divided into technical, economic and pedagogic obstacles. Most of these can be overcome with appropriate action. (STS)

Discusses how (1) the "private relations" that existed between U.S. Steel and the government between 1930 and 1960 ended in steel crisis of 1962 and (2) this policy was viewed as inadequate by both an angry public and the Kennedy Administration when the steel industry tried to match foreign competition on quality and prices by raising…

Surveys relevant literature, including Kohut, Rochlin, Kernberg, and others. Offers a theoretical formulation on the rhetorical implications of unhealthy narcissism, particularly misjudgments of audience and occasion and misshaped messages. (MS)