NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Showing all 2 results
Communication in Creative Collaborations: The Challenges of Uncertainty and Desire Related to Task, Identity, and Relational Goals
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jordan, Michelle E.; Babrow, Austin S. – Communication Education, 2013
This study offers a systematic analysis of uncertainty in communication education by examining communication goals and challenges in the context of collaborative creative problem-solving in engineering assignments. Engineering design projects are seen as having the potential to help K-12 students learn to deal with uncertainty as well as a means…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering, Brainstorming, Creativity
Development of the Parental Academic Support Scale: Frequency, Importance, and Modes of Communication
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Thompson, Blair; Mazer, Joseph P. – Communication Education, 2012
Parent-teacher communication represents a primary form of parental support, a phenomenon meriting significant attention given the connections between support and academic achievement (Thompson, 2008b). A series of studies advance the Parental Academic Support Scale (PASS) to assess the frequency, importance, and modes parents use to communicate…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Parent Teacher Cooperation