The Effect of Teaching Nonverbal Communication on Academic Achievement in Written Expression.

Autor/in	Carle, Marlene V.
Titel	The Effect of Teaching Nonverbal Communication on Academic Achievement in Written Expression.
Quelle	(1993), (45 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Academic Achievement; Basic Writing; Class Activities; Comparative Analysis; Electronic Technicians; Nonverbal Communication; Technical Institutes; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges; Writing Achievement; Writing Improvement; Writing Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Elektroniker; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Technische Fakultät; Schreibforschung
Abstract	A study investigated whether exercises that teach and alert students to nonverbal communication aided them, particularly those students who needed more support in achieving academic success in written expression. Subjects were students in two classes of a basic composition course required in an electronic technician program. One class was given instruction and exercises in nonverbal communication, while the other class did not receive this instruction. The Diagnostic Test for Writers was used as a pre- and post-test to determine students' abilities in written composition. Comparison of test scores found no significant differences in the means between the two groups. However, the students in the lowest sector of the experimental group appeared to benefit from the exercises by improving in their academic achievement. (Three tables of data are included. Two appendixes--containing samples of some of the exercises used in class, and two tables of data--are attached.) (Contains 15 references.) (SR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC