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50 Years of ERIC
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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
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Martin, Laura; Mottet, Timothy P. – Communication Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to show how instructor use of nonverbal immediacy behaviors influence Hispanic students' affective learning in ninth-grade writing conferences, regardless of the level of feedback sensitivity provided. According to Kluger and DeNisi's (1996) feedback intervention theory, when feedback is direct and targeted on the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, High School Freshmen, Grade 9, Writing Instruction
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Burroughs, Nancy F. – Communication Education, 2008
The author believes that communication courses, especially those that require mastery of skills and behaviors, should be embedded with a sensitivity to culture and communication apprehension. Her reflections here are designed to support the critical need to develop curriculum options that address students' anxieties and speaking English as a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Global Approach, Democracy, English (Second Language)
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Turman, Paul D. – Communication Education, 2007
This study examined video footage (i.e., pregame, halftime, and postgame) of high school basketball coaches' interactions with their male and female athletes during competition, focusing on coaches' use of various regret messages. Participants included 20 high school basketball coaches who were found to use a combination of regret messages:…
Descriptors: Videotape Recordings, Competition, College Athletics, Team Sports
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McDevitt, Michael; Kiousis, Spiro – Communication Education, 2006
This study incorporates the perspective of deliberative democracy in proposing a framework for evaluating relationships between civic education and political development. Findings support a conception of deliberative learning as a process in which interactive curricula result in the diffusion of discursive inclinations to families and peer groups.…
Descriptors: Civics, Models, Social Studies, Political Socialization
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Godley, Amanda J. – Communication Education, 2003
Drawing from a six-month ethnographic study, this article explores the negotiation of gendered identities through classroom literacy practices in an urban high school, paying particular attention to how gendered identities are interwoven with those of race, class, and other social identities during literary discussions. I draw upon the notion that…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Ethnography, Literacy, Sexual Identity