In the Summer issue of this journal we were offered a de scription of the program in communications at the Univer sity of Houston. This article is an analysis of the results of a laboratory study of stu dents who had achieved low scores on an examination of verbal skills. The Houston laboratory proved to be help ful in strengthening student's verbal ability and might well be added to the communica tions offerings at other uni versities.
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