Discusses communication games and activities which can be used to teach speaking and listening skills. Proposes and applies a set of criteria for evaluating such curriculum materials. Examines communication games used in referential communication research and suggests their inclusion in the curriculum. (JMF)

Identifies characteristics of successful courtroom speech for prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, and accuseds using computer-based content analysis and rater judgments of verbal behaviors. Demonstrates that verbal aggression is an important factor for successful prosecutors, equivocation is important to success for defense attorneys, and…

Analyzes the content of 22 interpersonal textbooks regarding the use of gender identity in the area of interpersonal communication. Indicates the texts favor androgyny, with masculinity mediated by femininity in terms of power, problem solving, and self-esteem, and femininity mediated by masculinity in terms of emotions and relationships. (JMF)

Summarizes the findings of an initial study designed to explore the relationship between instructor communication variables--communicator style, disclosiveness, and solidarity--and student learning. Reports in detail a follow-up study which assessed the relationship between the same set of instructor variables and student evaluations. (PD)

Describes an assignment in an introductory speech course in which students record specified information in a daily journal. The record of experience is used in describing, interpreting, and discussing their value systems. (JMF)

Describes the use of experientially based instruction in intercultural communication in a Semester at Sea (SAS) program. Students discuss the theory behind culture shock and individual development in groups and experience the formula at work. (JMF)

Examines characteristics of rhetorical communication, particularly as they apply to classroom communication and presents the implications of a rhetorical model of teaching. (JMF)

Reviews 10 items from the ERIC collection covering various aspects of adolescence: the impact of pop music, attitudes about drinking, television viewing, the effect of the new morality, the adolescent learning process, popular books, attitudes toward school, and others. (JMF)

Argues that graduate education in rhetoric may become the central core of study in speech communication in the 1980s and may assume added significance in the humanities and social sciences. The reconceptualization of rhetoric as an architectonic and productive art will require a restructured graduate curriculum. (JMF)

Contends that departments of speech communication must maintain a sense of disciplinary integrity and traditional commitment to scholarship in designing graduate programs that are adapted to the realities of altered enrollment and employment patterns. (JMF)

Presents an interpretation of the past and present of graduate education in mass communication and suggests some fresh directions. (JMF)

Examines graduate degree trends in communication studies from 1960 through 1976 and compares the trends with those of five related fields. (JMF)

Reports results of a survey of the perceived quality of doctoral programs, from two samples of speech communication professionals. The results are presented for each sample separately and are broken down according to various specialties within the field of speech communication. (JMF)

Explores salary trends and changes in demand for various areas of specialization in speech communication, as they are reflected in the positions listed in the monthly "Bulletin of the Speech Communication Association Placement Service" from August 1966 through July 1978. (JMF)

Identifies and discusses three current and emerging problems in graduate admissions: lack of understanding by applicants about admissions procedures, lack of information available to applicants about graduate programs, and lack of information about applicants available to those persons making decisions about admissions and appointments. (JMF)