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Nieswandt, Martina; McEneaney, Elizabeth H.; Affolter, Renee – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2020
Classroom activities using an inquiry approach often feature students working in small groups to reduce teacher-centeredness and maximize student autonomy. Within science classrooms, group work may mirror modern scientific research: successful interaction among team members (social/relational) that engages probing questioning and creativity…
Descriptors: High School Students, Small Group Instruction, Science Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Chai, Albert; Le, Joshua P.; Lee, Andrew S.; Lo, Stanley M. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
Group work in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses is an effective means of improving student outcomes, and many different factors can influence the dynamics of student discussions and, ultimately, the success of collaboration. The substance and dynamics of group discussions are commonly examined using qualitative methods such…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Group Discussion, Small Group Instruction, STEM Education
Repice, Michelle D.; Sawyer, R. Keith; Hogrebe, Mark C.; Brown, Patrick L.; Luesse, Sarah B.; Gealy, Daniel J.; Frey, Regina F. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
Increasingly, studies are investigating the factors that influence student discourse in science courses, and specifically the mechanisms and discourse processes within small groups, to better understand the learning that takes place as students work together. This paper contributes to a growing body of research by analyzing how students engage in…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Peer Teaching, Qualitative Research, Protocol Analysis
Minei, Elizabeth M. – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2016
This paper focuses on the parameters of a semester-long project called the "Do Good" project, geared towards developing small group communication skills in undergraduate students. This project highlights participation in a social engagement project that allows students to bridge concepts learned in small group communication lectures…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Small Group Instruction, Communication Skills, Teamwork
Quebec Fuentes, Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examines effective ways for teachers to interact with students when they are working collaboratively. Through prolonged daily engagement with one class of students working in groups, the nature and experience of one teacher's interventions are documented using practitioner action research. Specifically, small-group dynamics and teacher…
Descriptors: Action Research, Group Dynamics, Interaction, Teacher Student Relationship
Kahveci, Murat; Imamoglu, Yesim – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2007
This review investigates the use of certain types of interaction in mathematics education. These types include interaction between students, interaction between teacher and students, and interaction between students and learning technology. Student-technology interactions are explained by computer programs that use problem-solving strategies and…
Descriptors: Interaction, Learning Motivation, Metacognition, Group Dynamics

Kolb, Judith A. – Journal of Management Education, 1999
In small groups, business students choose and demonstrate a decision-making technique appropriate for an organizational situation they develop. Performance is evaluated by peers on the basis of situation choice, demonstration of technique, and quality of the solution. (SK)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Decision Making, Group Dynamics
Albert, Lawrence S. – 2002
If being a competent small group problem solver is difficult, it is even more difficult to impart those competencies to others. Unlike athletic coaches who are near their players during the real game, teachers of small group communication are not typically present for on-the-spot coaching when their students are doing their problem solving. That…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Field Tests, Group Dynamics

Sadow, Stephen A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1983
Classroom creative problem-solving activities were developed around clearly defined problems having many possible solutions and entailing a situation where reality is slightly skewed. Working in small groups, students role-play by becoming "experts" at the matter in hand. A group secretary keeps students accountable for their time. Problem-solving…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Thinking, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
O'Donnell, Angela M.; DuRussel, Lori Adams; Derry, Sharon J. – 1997
The paper presents literature related to the problems and promises of interdisciplinary work. Important characteristics of effective work groups are described, and origins of difficulty in groups are discussed. Most work on groups has been based on research on groups that come together only in the laboratory. These groups are different from…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering, Group Dynamics

Yelsma, Paul – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1994
Gives an overview of service-learning principles and a rationale for transforming traditional courses into service-learning courses. Presents small-group techniques for problem solving and increasing group service-learning success. Draws on author experience and research in other disciplines. Argues that, when theories of classroom instruction are…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Organization, Group Dynamics, Higher Education

Earl, Shirley E. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1986
A small-group method of teaching mathematical models and methods in a Scottish technological institute uses team teaching and emphasizes the student's role in peer evaluation and group problem solving. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
Tiberius, Richard G. – 1990
This guidebook focuses on the problems facing teachers in small group teaching. It is organized in three parts, each dealing with a specific common problem. Part One deals with clarifying instructional goals for the group. Part Two concerns interaction within the group and between the students and the teacher. Part Three encompasses the…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
Cockriel, Irvin W.; Kline, John A. – 1974
This study determined the effects of assigning students from speech classes to one of 14 positive sociometrically determined groups, 14 negative sociometrically determined groups, or 14 randomly determined groups upon individuals' satisfaction with the group and the time needed to solve a specific test problem. All significant differences among…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Discussion Groups, Group Dynamics

Lockheed, Marlaine E.; Harris, Abigail M. – American Educational Research Journal, 1984
Structured naturalistic observations and student surveys were analyzed to determine (1) the extent to which small group instruction was used in elementary school classrooms; (2) the academic conditions under which small group instruction was used; and (3) the effects of small group instruction on student attitudes, particularly those related to…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cooperation, Group Dynamics, Intermediate Grades
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