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Peer reviewedSullivan, Jeremiah J.; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1986
Identifies various theories of individual and group influences on the performance control process. Both Japanese and American managers have a Rational Man theory of the individual. However, Americans see groups as helping to reduce the risk of poor performance, whereas Japanese see them as enhancing good performance. (Author/LHW)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Download full textHannikainen, Maritta; van Oers, Bert – 1999
The social and collective aspect in human activities has become one of the main issues in Vygotskian analyses of learning and development. The study assumed that this aspect presupposes some feeling of belonging together and having a shared commitment on the part of the participants. Asserting that relatively little attention has been given to…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGarnier, Catherine; Cucumel, Guy – Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 1997
Questioned day care center children during free play about their collective activity to determine how the representation of cooperation is structured and what kind of transformation appears during development. Found a developmental trend of representation of group activity after age 2. Results highlight the importance of group and day care center…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Child Development, Cooperation
Buttner, Christian – 1996
This report, the third annual study of primary program implementation, outlines case study observations of learning groups and of teachers relations to groups. The learning atmosphere of a learning group is determined by presence of conducive or disruptive elements, input of children, and relation of the group to the teacher, in addition to good…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning
Reynolds, Michael – 1994
This book, which is intended for educators and trainers involved in designing group activities, examines the theory and practice of group activities. The first three chapters, which introduce theories about group instruction, deal with the following topics: the rationale for group instruction (types of group methods and reasons for using them);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Benefits
Martini, Mary – 1994
This research describes an observation study of 100 children, ages 9-13 years, on the island of 'Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The children were in a French government boarding school in the main valley of the island. Complex, sophisticated group processes among the Marquesan children were observed. The role structures of the group…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Group Activities
