Notes the outstanding congruity between Wayne Brockriede's teaching methods and the theoretical principles advocated in his scholarship, and presents his (1) philosophical, argumentative, and critical methods; (2) personal and mentor relationships; and (3) connoisseurship and playfulness with ideas. (JD)

Outlines a model (SUCCESS) for an approach to teaching presentational speaking that deals with the basics of speech communication, the speaker's development of the main ideas presented, providing feedback on the speaker's ability to prepare and use visual aids, and an opportunity to comment on the more general aspects of the speaker's…

Describes the rationale for teaching the cognitive context of argument and argumentation, presents an example of an approach to value argument, and discusses the role of the unconscious in argument. (PD)

Discusses the difficulties teachers have in allowing natural literacy learning to take place in their classrooms and makes suggestions for dealing with the problems. Elaborates on two sets of conflicting ideologies: a fragmented view of literacy versus the holistic view and a natural approach to learning versus contrived/engineered learning. (EL)

Describes a student-centered grading system utilized in a high school public speaking course in which students evaluate and grade peer performance. Management of this system is facilitated through a computerized spreadsheet. The template designed to organize records of student grades and advantages of this grading system are discussed. (MBR)

Reports results of a survey of speech communication departments that profiles the intercultural communication course: assignments, teaching methods, instructor qualifications, course content, text, etc. (PD)

Results show that a basic course in speech communication (1) produced significant reduction in a students' communication apprehension scores; (2) yielded more positiveness about self-disclosure; and (3) reduced discrepancies between self-concepts and ideal self-concepts. (PD)

Concluded that the videotape recorder could be used effectively as an instructional feedback tool without fear of serious negative effects on speaker performance or on the emotional condition of students. (PD)

For those researchers who are also concerned with the quality of their teaching, this article describes a procedure for incorporating students as part of a research team and illustrates this procedure with a study designed to analyze conflict in interpersonal relationships. (PD)

Research supported by contracts from the U.S. Office of Education and the Advanced Projects Research Agency. (DD)

Questions the value of teaching grammar to children on theoretical and practical grounds, and proposes an emphasis on teaching usage in varied communication situations. (RN)

A project designed to improve the teaching of speech to young deaf children through the use of videotape recordings is described. Considerable attention is given to the electronic equipment which was employed and to the videotape system which was designed for the project. (LS)

Explains three exercises which emphasize the individual in a communication situation. (SW)