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Rosander, Michael; Chiriac, Eva Hammar – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2016
The aim of this study was to investigate how first-year students view the purpose of tutorial groups in problem-based learning. In all, 147 students from 24 groups participated, providing 399 statements. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The results showed a focus on both learning and social influence. Learning involved the tutorial as…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Problem Based Learning, Group Dynamics, Data Analysis
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Barker, D.; Quennerstedt, M.; Annerstedt, C. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: Group work is often used in Physical Education (and Health-HPE). In this paper, we propose that despite: (1) its widespread use; (2) advances surrounding HPE models that utilize group strategies; and (3) a significant amount of literature dealing with group work in other school subjects, we do not have a particularly good theoretical…
Descriptors: Interaction, Physical Education, Peer Relationship, Group Activities
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Berge, Maria; Weilenmann, Alexandra – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
In educational research, it is well-known that collaborative work on core conceptual issues in physics leads to significant improvements in students' conceptual understanding. In this paper, we explore collaborative learning in action, adding to previous research in engineering education with a specific focus on the students' use of free body…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Group Dynamics, Cooperative Learning
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Umans, Timurs; Collin, Sven-Olof; Tagesson, Torbjorn – Intercultural Education, 2008
This article investigates the complex interrelation between ethnic and gender diversity, process and performance among groups of business students. The article is based on an empirical survey of business students working on a complex assignment in groups of two to five in a small Swedish university. The results indicate that gender diversity leads…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnicity, Student Diversity, Gender Differences
Egerbladh, Thor – 1981
The purposes of this study were: (1) to test several social decision schemes to obtain plausible explanations of different group processes in solving different disjunctive tasks; and (2) to study both dyads and tetrads solving a eureka and a non-eureka disjunctive task. Social decision schemes theory assumes that a group decision is a joint…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
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Adrianson, L. – Computers in Human Behavior, 2001
Reports results from a study of university students in Sweden that investigated aspects of communicative processes using face-to-face and computer-mediated communication. Examined influences of gender on communication equality, social relations, and communicative processes and studied differences in self-awareness. Results showed few significant…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Computer Mediated Communication, Gender Issues, Group Dynamics
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Egerbladh, Thor; Sjodin, Sture – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1986
Potential interactions between four factors of educational interest within small group research were studied: (1) type of problem; (2) group composition; (3) group norm; and (4) group productivity. Reliable interactions were obtained for: (1) sex x group norm; (2) sex x group norm x productivity; and (3) type of problem x productivity. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Tornebohm, HaKan; And Others – 1980
Perspectives on interdisciplinary research are considered in terms of project planning, the choice of problem-solving approach, the research field, project organization, informal organization, and integration of knowledge. Interdisciplinary studies were investigaged through following a number of research projects by means of field trips,…
Descriptors: Coordination, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics, Higher Education