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Effects of Team-Building on Group Cohesion, Group Efficacy, and Individual Academic Performance in Virtual Learning Environment
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Pilhyoun Yoon; Sangsun Han; Kibum Kim – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2025
This study is based on the hypothesis that group cohesion and efficacy have significant effects on the academic performance of individuals in online (virtual) education environments no less than in-person education environments. To that end, this study explores the effectiveness of group activities in a virtual classroom environment using VC…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Cooperative Learning, Group Behavior, Group Activities
Stimulating Autonomous Learning Environments: Considering Group Efficacy as Mediating the Relationship between Perceived Autonomy Support and Self- Determinism in the Learning Environment
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Hogan, Shannon L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study researched 120 college students and professors to test the mediation of group efficacy between perceived autonomy support and self-determinism. The study provided surveys to students in eight different classes. Studying multiple classes offered an opportunity to understand the model more effectively and in a broader scope. The classes…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Personal Autonomy, Professional Autonomy
The Need for Considering Multilevel Analysis in CSCL Research: An Appeal for the Use of More Advanced Statistical Methods
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Cress, Ulrike – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2008
Per definition, CSCL research deals with the data of individuals nested in groups, and the influence of a specific learning setting on the collaborative process of learning. Most well-established statistical methods are not able to analyze such nested data adequately. This article describes the problems which arise when standard methods are…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Statistical Analysis, Research Needs, Educational Research
The Very Beginnings of Togetherness in Shared Play among Young Children.
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Rayna, Sylvie – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2001
Presents three examples of the beginnings of togetherness among young peers, ages 1-3 years. Considers psychological processes underlying their activities and the characteristics of the settings in which these activities occur. Discusses these examples in the context of a definition of the social interactive dimension of learning, and the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Early Experience, Educational Environment, Group Behavior
Culture Orientation and Sociometry of the Classroom: A Possible Relationship.
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Epp, Juanita Ross; Hajnal, Vivian – 1993
Findings of a study that examined the relationship between classroom orientation and sociometric patterns within the classroom are presented in this paper. Methodology involved observation of 12 classrooms in Ontario and administration of two survey instruments to 20 fourth-year students. Classroom orientations were categorized as cooperative,…
Descriptors: Competition, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Group Dynamics and Foreign Language Teaching.
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Dornyei, Zoltan; Malderez, Angi – System, 1997
Highlights the importance of the dynamics of the learner group in shaping the second language (L2) learning process, and overviews the most relevant aspects of classroom dynamics. Argues that group characteristics and processes affect any success or failure in the L2 classroom and that teachers could benefit from an awareness of the principles of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment