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Direct linkQuinn, Katherine N.; Kelley, Michelle M.; McGill, Kathryn L.; Smith, Emily M.; Whipps, Zachary; Holmes, N. G. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Instructional labs are being transformed to better reflect authentic scientific practice, often by removing aspects of pedagogical structure to support student agency and decision making. We explored how these changes impact men's and women's participation in group work associated with labs through clustering methods on the quantified behavior of…
Descriptors: Role, Teaching Methods, Science Experiments, Group Behavior
Download full textJahng, Namsook; Bullen, Mark – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore group forming strategies by examining participation behaviours during whole class discussions associated with active participation in a following small group activity. Written communication data, posted in class discussion forums (843 messages/70,432 words) and small group forums (732 messages/59,394…
Descriptors: Group Behavior, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; Barrows, Howard S. – Cognition and Instruction, 2008
This article describes a detailed analysis of knowledge building in a problem-based learning group. Knowledge building involves increasing the collective knowledge of a group through social discourse. For knowledge building to occur in the classroom, the teacher needs to create opportunities for constructive discourse in order to support student…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Problem Based Learning, Inquiry, Group Behavior
Payne, Brian K.; Monk-Turner, Elizabeth; Smith, Donald; Sumter, Melvina – Education, 2006
Group work is increasingly being used in a variety of college courses. A number of strengths have driven the increase in the use of this form of collaborative learning. Still, a number of problems potentially limit the use of group projects. In this study, we report on research in which we examined how students recommended changing group projects.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, Group Dynamics, Group Experience
