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ERIC Number: EJ437449
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-4523
Informative Communication Instruction: An Application of Theory and Research to the Elementary School Classroom.
Clinton, Barbara L.
Communication Education, v41 n1 p54-67 Jan 1992
Applies research (indicating that direct instruction has a significant positive effect on a young child's referential communication) to the elementary school classroom, using kindergartners and fourth graders. Finds that both groups increased significantly in information fluency, but only the fourth graders increased in contrastiveness. (MG)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Research, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness, Kindergarten, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Communication Education; Direct Instruction; Referential Communication