ERIC Number: ED268544
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 9
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Rhetorical and Communication Theory: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in "Dissertation Abstracts International," July through December 1985 (Vol. 46 Nos. 1 through 6).
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL.
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the relational nature of humor, (2) pragmatism and transaction, (3) within-channel redundancy versus between-channel redundancy in instructional material and its association with amount learned, (4) verbal synchrony and the maintenance of rapport between collegiate instructors and their students, (5) a communications model for community renewal by a two-year branch campus in Ohio, (6) the role of communication during the process of social change in Grenada--1979-1983, (7) a study of differences in the communicative patterns of normal and hyperactive children, (8) scholarly communication versus classroom communication: an approach to the research versus teaching question, (9) enhanced conversational recall and reduced conversational interference as a function of cognitive complexity, (10) approaches to communication policy--a comparative study of the British and American examples, (11) oral histories of 10 middle-management women, and (12) communicative features of educational computer software. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Courseware, Discourse Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, Foreign Countries, Humor, Hyperactivity, Models, Oral History, Pragmatics, Recall (Psychology), Rhetoric, Social Change, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Bibliographies
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL.
Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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