A multiple baseline design across participants was used to determine how teacher greetings affected on-task behavior of 3 middle school students with problem behaviors. Momentary time sampling was used to measure on-task behavior during the first 10 min of class. Teacher greetings produced increases in students' on-task behavior from a mean of 45% in baseline to a mean of 72% during the interve...

The potential of web-based 2.0 technology for teaching and assessing intercultural pragmatics has become an area of focus for language educators (Cohen, 2008; Belz, 2005, 2006). Research has highlighted that second and foreign language learners show significant differences from native speakers in language use, in particular, with the execution and comprehension of certain speech acts (Bardovi-H...

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This study investigates to what extent greetings on a social network site popular with South Asians are associated with the degree of interpersonal closeness of the users, educated middle class Bengalis in the United States. Computer-mediated discourse analysis, face-toface interviews, and participant observation were employed to analyze the textual comments exchanged in 79 Bengali dyads. The a...

This Article analyzes the potential impact on government regulation of private property rights of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington. That case upheld mandatory Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) programs. While Brown ensures continued funding for legal services for lowand moderate-income persons, it is difficult to reconcile with the Co...

The bond-testing hypothesis suggests that social animals can obtain honest information about the quality of their dyadic relationships by exchanging costly, high-risk signals (Zahavi & Zahavi 1997). We evaluated this hypothesis by investigating whether adult male baboons use intense greeting interactions to test the quality and strength of their social bonds. Intense greetings involve intimate ...

I am very happy to have been asked to be a part of this kick-off newsletter. It comes at the most perfect of times. The Holiday season is a terrific opportunity to reflect on our achievements during 2016. And I am proud to say that there are many reasons to celebrate. First, through your hard work, motivation and dedication, our residency program is by all metrics, the best in New Jersey and on...