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Acar-Erdol, Tuba; Ongoren, Sema – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2020
In this study, it was aimed to examine the prospective teachers' preferences regarding group work, the process of structuring the group work, and assessment of their performance within the group. In the research, case study design was used. The participants of the study consisted of 62 prospective teachers studying in the Department of Early…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Preferences, Group Activities
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Wilczenski, Felicia L.; Bontrager, Terry; Ventrone, Paula; Correia, Margaret – Psychology in the Schools, 2001
Examines the problem of assessing group process in a collaborative problem-solving situation. Results reveal that groups engaging in behaviors that facilitated collaboration obtained higher group and individual accuracy scores on a challenging problem set. Proposes that examining collaborative group process and outcomes offers a new direction in…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Evaluation Methods, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Strube, Michael J.; Garcia, Joseph E. – 1980
According to Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness, group performance is a function of the leader-situation interaction. A review of past validations has found several problems associated with the model. Meta-analytic techniques were applied to the Contingency Model in order to assess the validation evidence quantitatively. The…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Evaluation Methods, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
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Schwarz, Baruch B.; Neuman, Yair; Gil, Julia; Ilya, Merav – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2003
In this article, we elaborate methodologies to study construction of knowledge in argumentative activities. For this purpose, we report on a quasi-empirical study on construction of knowledge through successive argumentative activities on a controversial issue. A group of 120 fifth grade students participated in successive argumentative…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Group Behavior, Qualitative Research, Persuasive Discourse
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Karterud, Sigmund; Foss, Torberg – Small Group Behavior, 1989
Revised Thelen's (1954) Group Emotionality Rating System, developing new criteria and assessment procedures. A reliability study of 4,343 verbal statements from 6 different Norwegian groups revealed an overall agreement of .77, with the emotionality subcategories ranging from .57 to .67. Discusses validity of the emotionality categories according…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1976
Social Conflict and Negotiative Problem Solving is an instructional system currently under development by the Improving Teaching Competencies Program (ITCP) of Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL). In accordance with the Resource Allocation Management Plan (RAMP, 1975) of ITCP, this report presents a plan of evaluation activities for…
Descriptors: Administrators, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Educational Objectives
Levi, Daniel; Cadiz, David – 1998
One of the biggest problems students face in team projects is social loafing, a situation in which students may view team projects as a free ride. Social loafers let others do the work, knowing that the professor will only grade the completed project. This research examined the performance of students grading other student team members on a group…
Descriptors: College Students, Engineering, Evaluation Methods, Grading