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Heidur Hrund Jónsdóttir; Kristjana Stella Blöndal – Educational Psychology, 2024
Upper secondary school students with a strong academic self-concept are more likely to complete their studies and thus increase their well-being in the future. Previous research on the big-fish-little-pond-effect (BFLPE) has thoroughly established the negative contrast effect of average group academic achievement on students' academic…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Self Concept, Group Structure, Academic Ability
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Bhardwaj, Anjali K.; Forrester-Jones, Rachel V. E.; Murphy, Glynis H. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Little research exists comparing the social networks of people with intellectual disability (ID) from South Asian and White backgrounds. This UK study reports on the barriers that South Asian people with intellectual disability face in relation to social inclusion compared to their White counterparts. Materials and methods: A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Adults, Intellectual Disability
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Heinrich, Eva – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
Using a case-study approach, the structures, interactions and cultures in four teaching groups at a New Zealand university are explored. The aim of the research is to better understand the potential of teaching groups for assisting academic development. To contextualize this work, the case-study outcomes are compared to research on microcultures.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Teacher Collaboration, Subcultures
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Akcaoglu, Mete; Lee, Eunbae – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Social presence is difficult to achieve, but an imperative component of online learning. In this study, we investigated the effect of group size on students' perceptions of social presence in two graduate-level online courses, comparing small group versus whole class discussions. Our results indicated that when in small group discussions, students…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Small Group Instruction
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Pijl, Sip Jan; Koster, Marloes; Hannink, Anne; Stratingh, Anna – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2011
One of the methods used most often to assess students' friendships and friendship networks is the reciprocal nomination method. However, an often heard complaint is that this technique produces rather negative outcomes. This study compares the reciprocal nomination method with another method to assess students' friendships and friendship networks:…
Descriptors: Friendship, Group Structure, Cognitive Mapping, Teaching Methods
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Felce, D.; Perry, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2012
Background: There is little evidence to guide the commissioning of residential provision for adults with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) in the UK. We aim to explore the degree and impact of diagnostic congregation among adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) and ASD living in staffed housing. Methods: One hundred and fifty-seven adults with…
Descriptors: Autism, Foreign Countries, Housing, Mental Retardation
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Chapman, Christopher; Muijs, Daniel – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2013
School federations are groups of two or more schools operating under a single governance structure. The study reported in this article compared federations designed to raise performance in low-attaining schools against a matched sample of their non-federated counterparts. The findings are based on quantitative analysis of data collected in…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Matched Groups, Data Analysis, Effective Schools Research
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Glaser, Darrell J. – Economics of Education Review, 2009
Four alternative structures of peer groups are compared in an empirical analysis of teenage dropouts and recent drug use. In general, individual-specific covariates remain robust regardless of group structure specification in dropout models, but lose significance in models of drug-use. Estimates of correlated school effects depend on the…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Drug Use, Adolescents, Peer Groups
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Murrell, Audrey J.; And Others – Journal of Business Communication, 1993
Compares decision processes of consensus and devil's advocacy within an additive task, a disjunctive task, and a conjunctive task structure. Finds that high-conflict decision processes such as devil's advocacy enhances decision making in disjunctive tasks, retards decision making in additive tasks, but has no effect on decision making in…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Group Behavior
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Mathews, Robert C.; And Others – Group and Organization Studies, 1982
Compared performances for male and female groups using three different group problem-solving procedures: unstructured, structured-open, and structured-forced. Results indicated that female groups performed better with the structured-forced procedure than with the structured-open procedure. Male groups performed better with the structured-open…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Group Dynamics, Group Structure
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Richards, R. Lynn; And Others – Counseling Psychologist, 1990
Describes the three major influences on theme-oriented groups: theme-centered interactional, structured, and behavioral groups. Provides a comparison of the composition and structure of theme groups during the current decade. Summarizes the general principles thought to be important in the construction and development of theme-oriented groups.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis, Group Dynamics
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Lease, A. Michele; Axelrod, Jennifer L. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2001
Compared adolescent's position in the perceived peer group organization with measures of social status and mutual friendship among fourth- through sixth-graders. Found that peer group members who were marginal in the perceived structure were more likely than others to have a rejected status and be friendless. However, most rejected students were…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Early Adolescents, Friendship
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Burlingame, Gary M.; Fuhriman, Addie – Counseling Psychologist, 1990
Presents a comparative review of conceptually planned short-term group treatment models. Compares structure (selection, composition, pregroup orientation), time (duration, session frequency and length, group development), and therapeutic characteristics (focal themes, interventions, therapeutic factors). Suggests implications for the clinician and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Group Dynamics
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Drummond, Robert J. – Research in Rural Education, 1982
Describes differences in preferred modes of group interaction between 743 students from grades four to eight and from four relatively distinct social environments: rural Maine, suburban New Hampshire, urban Columbus, Ohio, and inner city Cincinnati, Ohio. Rural and inner city groups prefer similar modes as do urban and suburban groups. (Author/NEC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Group Behavior