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Landwehr, Peter; Spraragen, Marc; Ranganathan, Balki; Carley, Kathleen M.; Zyda, Michael – Simulation & Gaming, 2013
In this article, the authors discuss the development of the "Sudan Game," an interactive model of the country in the time period leading up to the Sudanese referendum on the secession of the South. While many simulations are designed to educate about their subjects, the "Sudan Game" is intended to be a prototype for policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Games, Public Policy, Policy Formation
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Eriksson, Anita – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2013
The use of mentoring within teacher education has become more common in recent years, however, there still seems to be a lack of research about formal group mentorship models as a pedagogical process. In my study, I presented knowledge about how a formal group mentorship model used during a teacher education program at a Swedish university has…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mentors, Student Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development
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Waldie, K. F. – Small Group Behavior, 1982
Presents a conceptual model that relates the range of types of experiential groups to their potential learning outcome. Attempts to relate group process and likely skill acquisition through participation in the group process. Tested model by considering applicability to a range of group learning processes. (RC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics
Benjamin, Michael – 1988
This monograph presents a review of the literature on college residence life organized around an ecosystemic model and student development theory. This model distinguishes between events and processes at four levels: suprasystem (relationship between residence and university systems); macrosystem (residence hall); mesosystem (the hall floor); and…
Descriptors: College Housing, College Students, Colleges, Corridors
Miyake, Kazuo, Ed.; Zehler, Annette M. – 1982
This document consists of four research reports and one research note focusing on several aspects of the cognitive and emotional development of young children. The first article explores two theories of the relationship between cognition and emotion, reporting on an investigation of that relationship in a simple learning task involving 60 Japanese…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Altruism, Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Ability
Barber, Paul – 2001
The possibility of using a Gestalt-informed peer learning community to facilitate reflective learning and organizational change was explored. A peer learning community model exists that is based on two approaches to working with mental illness--therapeutic community practice (which is based on treating the community group rather than individuals…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adoption (Ideas), Adult Learning, Case Studies
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers