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Schimmel, Christine J.; Jacobs, E. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2011
Leading groups can be challenging and difficult. Leading groups in which members are involuntary and negative increases the level of difficulty and creates new dynamics in the group leading process. This article proposes specific skills and strategies for dealing with three specific issues related to involuntary members in groups: groups where all…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Leaders, Group Dynamics, Leadership Qualities
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Doherty-Sneddon, Gwyneth; Phelps, Fiona G. – Educational Psychology, 2007
When asked questions, children often avert their gaze. Furthermore, the frequency of such gaze aversion (GA) is related to the difficulty of cognitive processing, suggesting that GA is a good indicator of children's thinking and comprehension. However, little is known about how teachers detect and interpret such gaze signals. In Study 1 teaching…
Descriptors: Human Body, Cues, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
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Suzuki, Atsunobu; Hoshino, Takahiro; Shigemasu, Kazuo – Cognition, 2006
The assessment of individual differences in facial expression recognition is normally required to address two major issues: (1) high agreement level (ceiling effect) and (2) differential difficulty levels across emotions. We propose a new assessment method designed to quantify individual differences in the recognition of the six basic emotions,…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Psychological Patterns, Nonverbal Communication, Difficulty Level