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Cresswell-Yeager, Tiffany – Communication Teacher, 2021
In a small-group communication course, students participate in a semester-long project to observe an organization while applying many group communication principles, including conflict resolution, group dynamics, teambuilding, leadership, and diversity. In groups of five, the students select any organization, agency, or department on campus or in…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Projects, Small Group Instruction, Conflict Resolution
Pedagogies of Inclusion: A Critical Exploration of Small-Group Teaching Practice in Higher Education
Gibbs, Jacqueline; Hartviksen, J.; Lehtonen, A.; Spruce, E. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2021
This paper provides a critical examination of inclusion as a pedagogic principle through a practice-based interrogation of contemporary 'good practice' strategies for encouraging inclusion in small-group teaching. The analysis emerges from our experiences of delivering four classroom exercises that are frequently proposed as strategies for…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Small Group Instruction, Teaching Methods, Higher Education
Wieselmann, Jeanna R.; Keratithamkul, Khomson; Dare, Emily A.; Ring-Whalen, Elizabeth A.; Roehrig, Gillian H. – Research in Science Education, 2021
Integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is becoming increasingly common in K-12 classrooms, and small group activities are ubiquitous to STEM instruction. This article includes both theoretical and practical descriptions of a microethnographic approach to critical multimodal discourse analysis that we used to…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Power Structure, Group Dynamics, STEM Education
Lashawn A. Mcneil – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine how small groups of students in an introductory undergraduate chemistry course construct CERs and the influence of race, gender, and perceived status during this construction. The small groups of students engaged in three chemistry activities that required them to generate a claim, evidence, and reasoning…
Descriptors: Race, Gender Differences, Chemistry, Science Instruction
Woods-McConney, Amanda; Wosnitza, Marold; Sturrock, Keryn L. – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Science education research has recommended cooperative inquiry based science in the primary science context for more than two decades but after more than 20 years, student achievement in science has not substantially improved. This study, through direct observation and analysis, investigated content-related student interactions in an authentic…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary School Science, Primary Education, Inquiry
Bennett, Judith; Hogarth, Sylvia; Lubben, Fred; Campbell, Bob; Robinson, Alison – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
This paper reports the findings of two systematic reviews of the use and effects of small group discussions in high school science teaching. Ninety-four studies were included in an overview (systematic map) of work in the area, and 24 studies formed the basis of the in-depth reviews. The reviews indicate that there is considerable diversity in the…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Teaching Methods, Group Discussion

Dueck, K. G. – History and Social Science Teacher, 1982
Nine learning activities can prepare elementary school social studies students for group work. The activities teach students how to organize a group, recognize the value of all contributions, and how to take responsibility to contribute, respond to other contributions, listen carefully, encourage contributions, and form a group decision. (KC)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Group Dynamics, Group Instruction, Learning Activities

Robinson, Mary L. – School Science and Mathematics, 1979
This study examines an attempt to train pupils to work cooperatively in a group as they worked mathematical tasks requiring concept development and application of concepts. Results were positive. (MP)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Cockburn, Barbara; Ross, Alec – 1980
Learning that can occur through small group work is considered. Practitioners and advocates of the method describe learning through small group work as active learning that is deeper and more enduring than passive learning. The key is that students are personally engaged in the work and peer interaction is seen to be a major facilitating factor…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Group Dynamics, Higher Education
Cockburn, Barbara; Ross, Alec – 1980
The nature of the small group in university teaching and the role of the tutor is considered, and reference is made to the British system. After describing the way a free group achieves a working relationship, the importance of understanding and utilizing communication patterns to increase the effectiveness of a seminar or tutorial is noted.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics

Graham, Charles R. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2002
Reviews the literature related to creating effective learning groups in face-to-face and virtual environments for distance education using research from cooperative learning, computer-mediated communication, organizational development, and group dynamics. Highlights include creating the groups, structuring the learning activities, and facilitating…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Conventional Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education

Duin, Ann Hill – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1986
Noting that students in groups learn more effectively when working cooperatively than when working competitively or individualistically, presents guidelines, assignments, and class activities designed to foster cooperative learning. Describes such student-student interaction sessions as describing sense perception details, receiving peer feedback,…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Group Activities, Group Dynamics, Heuristics
Holmes, Edward, Jr. – 1982
Appropriate for elementary school students, this resource unit on the American cowboy provides four activities for small group work. The unit also lists objectives and discusses the organization and dynamics of small groups. The general objective is for the student to learn how to work within groups and how to resolve group conflict. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Geographic Regions, Group Activities, Group Dynamics

Scalia, Lynne M.; Sackmary, Benjamin – Computers in the Schools, 1996
Discusses groupware, a form of computer-mediated communication that supports interaction and cooperative work among group members regardless of location. Highlights include computer-supported cooperative work; electronic mail; computer conferences; group decision support systems; an example of a classroom groupware project with undergraduates; and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Decision Support Systems
Barbour, Alton – 1998
This essay is an examination of the efficacy of group methods in the facilitation of learning. It describes and characterizes two learning experiences and reports the findings on some unconventional educational methods. It provides a summary of six principles of learning and reviews some essential literature which compares a variety of teaching…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Dynamics
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