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Huizing, Russell L. – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2012
Researchers have shown the benefits of mentoring in both personal and professional growth. It would seem that group mentoring would only enhance those benefits. This work represents a literature review of peer-reviewed articles and dissertations that contribute to the theory and research of group mentoring. This work reviews the articles that…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Groups, Literature Reviews, Group Activities
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Vickery, William L. – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2013
When problem based learning occurs in a social context it is open to a common social behaviour, scrounging. In the animal behaviour literature, scroungers do not attempt to find resources themselves but rather exploit resources found by other group members (referred to as producers). We know from studies of animal behaviour (including humans) that…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Game Theory, Socialization, Learning Processes
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Freeman, Lynne; Greenacre, Luke – Journal of Marketing Education, 2011
With the increasing prevalence of group work in marketing courses there is a need to consider the impact of students' social dynamics on both learning and satisfaction outcomes. This article explores one such dynamic at both intra- and intergroup levels. Using data generated from multiple sources, it was identified that students who are actively…
Descriptors: College Students, Business Education, Marketing, Cooperative Learning
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Zink, Robyn – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2010
Groups are ubiquitous in outdoor education and while there is a lot of literature on groups, there is limited examination of the assumptions made about groups and the effects these assumptions have on the practices of outdoor education. I utilise some of Michel Foucault's (1992) tools to investigate literature on outdoor education groups.…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Literature Reviews, Group Dynamics, Group Structure
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Mitra, Dana L. – American Journal of Education, 2009
This article examines the process of adults and students collaborating in school-based learning communities. Drawing on interview data from youth and adults participating in student voice initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area, this study examines contexts that enable "youth-adult partnerships" in schools, including (1) fostering…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interviews, Intergenerational Programs, Trust (Psychology)
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Lindsay, D. Michael – Social Forces, 2010
Formal organizations share a common set of characteristics that include identifiable operating principles and coordinating mechanisms as well as lines of authority and communication. However, some organizations--especially those on the margins of institutional fields--creatively combine institutional and anti-institutional characteristics. This…
Descriptors: Religious Organizations, Institutional Characteristics, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Culture
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Nelson, Tamara Holmlund; Slavit, David; Perkins, Mart; Hathorn, Tom – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: The type of professional development provided for teachers has been undergoing change from a one-time workshop approach to a more embedded, long-term, reflective, and collaborative structure. Although findings on the impact of new forms of professional development (PD) are beginning to emerge in the literature, there is little…
Descriptors: Group Structure, Professional Development, Secondary School Teachers, Inquiry
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Wright, Eric R.; Russell, Lisa A.; Anderson, Jeffrey A.; Kooreman, Harold E.; Wright, Dustin E. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2006
Although some evidence suggests that providing treatment via service coordination teams is related to improved outcomes among youth in a system of care, the aspects of team structure that contribute to treatment effectiveness are not well understood. This study draws on team membership and attendance data to identify and describe the structure of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Youth, Social Networks, Teamwork
Roderick, Joan C. – Journal of Business Education, 1985
This article focuses on the following areas of group process: the nature of the task group, the steps taken to reach a decision, and the ways in which a leader can effectively manage the inevitable conflict that emerges within groups as the problem-solving process progresses. (CT)
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
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Katz, Claudia Anne; Kuby, Sue Ann; Hobgood, Jayne M. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1997
Presents (in the form of a conversation with "The Vampire") data on middle school students' attitudes toward literature circles, how they choose their groups for literature circles, patterns in the groups chosen, and how students selected the books they did. (SR)
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Group Structure, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Buttner, Christian – 1996
This report, the third annual study of primary program implementation, outlines case study observations of learning groups and of teachers relations to groups. The learning atmosphere of a learning group is determined by presence of conducive or disruptive elements, input of children, and relation of the group to the teacher, in addition to good…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning
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Oetzel, John G. – Human Communication Research, 1998
Investigates the effective decision-making theory's (EDMT) prediction that cultural individualism-collectivism, self-construal, and group composition influence turn-taking behavior and conflict behavior in small groups. Finds, for example, that independent self-construal is a predictor of the number of turns and competitive conflict tactics in…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Community Colleges, Cultural Influences, Cultural Relevance
Shinkwin, Anne; Kleinfeld, Judith – 1983
Troop ideology as defined by the scoutmaster and other involved adults radically altered the learning experiences of boys in two Boy Scout troops, even though both adhered to the official program. Using observation and interviews, researchers studied all aspects of the troops over 7 months. One troop, whose scoutmaster was benevolent and…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Group Behavior