Maintains that community colleges have a unique mission requiring student-centered teachers who are both content experts and effective classroom communicators. Advocates broadening the scope of communication education to include research and programs to prepare more effective community college faculty. (SR)

Lists commonly held but inaccurate "myths" about teachers and education in the eastern and western United States. Gives a perspective on tools that communication has to offer teachers; concepts and contexts that can be researched and developed; and a cooperative responsibility that can be initiated with colleagues in education. (SR)

Presents a brief theoretical and methodological statement of developmental communication. Reviews developmental work in the general discipline of communication. Reviews several of the major research traditions within instructional communication and proposes how these traditions can be positively influenced by the developmental point of view. (SR)

Provides personal and historical background concerning the development and success of early doctoral programs in communication education at Purdue University and Florida State University. Discusses critical events that shaped the focus and image of communication in the past two decades. Discusses five trends in communication education from a…

Describes the history of Pennsylvania State University's "Speech Communication Teacher Workshop Program," an in-service program for classroom teachers that has provided hundreds of workshops and credit courses in communication content and methods. Provides a perspective on the relationship between communication and instruction. (SR)

Describes the masters and doctoral programs offered by West Virginia University (WVU) that focus on communication in instruction for secondary and elementary teachers. Discusses the antecedents of the programs, the beginnings at WVU, the assumptions underlying the programs, and the nature and benefits of each program. (SR)

Considers the interface of communication and instruction through: (1) a conceptual look at the areas of communication education and instructional communication; and (2) a description of the communication and instruction program at the University of Washington. (SR)

Describes a summer instructional program for elementary and secondary teachers involving a set of workshops on basic communication concepts, nonverbal communication, organizational communication, listening, and small group communication. Discusses issues of marketing the program, defending its academic validity, and decreasing the gap between the…

Describes the development of the University of Washington's Center for Instructional Development and Research, highlighting the interface between communication and instruction. Provides examples of the application of communication concepts that influence daily operations, permeate instructional development activity, and provide a foundation for…

Describes a college-level skills training program for reticent communicators. Details major aspects of the program, including recruiting students for training, screening students for admission to the program, training instructors, and organizing and teaching the course. (MS)

Assesses the functional equivalence of two techniques for compliance-gaining research in the classroom: the constructionist approach and the strategy checklist technique. Describes a system for coding teachers' message constructions. Argues that the techniques are functionally equivalent. (MS)

Reports on two studies that examine effects of trait communication apprehension on students' production and perceptions of written feedback. Finds, in the first study, trait anxiety was related to negative external attributions; while the second study showed that anxiety was associated with more internal interpretations. (MS)

Uses data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress to examine the speaking skills of 21-25 year olds. Finds that 15 to 20 percent of those examined cannot adequately communicate orally. Suggests that speaking proficiency is inversely related to minority status, and positively related to education, occupational status, and age. (MS)

Surveys regional communication association members to assess perceptions of the Southern States Communication Association, and three other regional communication associations. Finds a consistent stereotype both within and outside the associations' membership, a view of the associations as rhetoric-research oriented, dominated by a few individuals,…

Examines a traditional group discussion course redesigned to operate via computer-mediated communication. Finds more frequent student contact with instructors, high level of course approval by students, and group output that equaled or excelled that of traditionally taught courses. (MS)