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The Effects of Conflict, Quality and Time on Small Group Information Use and Behavior in Evaluative Decision-Making Situations.

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Pflum, Glenn D.; Brown, Robert D. – 1982

This study investigated information needs and use by groups in decision-making processes. Problem contexts were varied by conflict, quality, and time conditions and presented to 89 graduate level education students who simulated school board members making decisions about educational programs. The research hypotheses were: (1) there are no…

Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation

The Emergence of Norms in Competitive Decision-Making Groups.

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Bettenhausen, Kenneth; Murnighan, J. Keith – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1985

The behavior of 19 decision-making groups provided the basis for a model of the development of norms in newly formed groups. Data from the decision-making groups are used to illustrate the model, and implications for related research domains are discussed. Appended are 39 references. (MLF)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior Standards, College Students, Decision Making

Teaching Twenty-First Century Citizenship: Social Psychological Foundations.

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Brandhorst, Allan R. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1990

Contends collective cooperative action in the public interest will be necessary to solve future social and environmental problems. Proposes that the social studies curriculum shift its value orientation from individualistic self-interest to a justice-based, global model. Advocates teaching citizenship that stresses self-restraint and investigates…

Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Ecological Factors