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Direct linkMonson, Renee – Teaching Sociology, 2017
Group research projects frequently are used to teach undergraduate research methods. This study uses multivariate analyses to examine the characteristics of higher-achieving groups (those that earn higher grades on group research projects) and to estimate the effects of participating in higher-achieving groups on subsequent individual learning…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Undergraduate Students, Research Methodology, Methods Courses
Powell, Emma; Woodfield, Lorayne A.; Nevill, Alan A. M. – European Physical Education Review, 2016
The overall aim of this study was to assess the diversity of primary school children's physical activity (PA) during outdoor recess. The study was grounded in a mixed method approach, assisting in the identification of multifaceted predictors of children's PA, including insights to social behaviours during break time. Data were obtained from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Primary Education, Elementary School Students, Children
Molloy, Lauren E.; Gest, Scott D.; Feinberg, Mark E.; Osgood, D. Wayne – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Prospective longitudinal data from over 14,000 youth residing in 28 communities in the rural United States were analyzed to examine the emergence of mixed-sex friendship groups in early adolescence. Youth were surveyed on 5 occasions between fall of 6th grade and spring of 9th grade. At each assessment, youth reported the names of up to 7…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Rural Areas, Youth, Surveys
Download full textGarrison, John P.; And Others – 1976
The capability of 14 interpersonal dimensions to predict dyadic communication contexts was investigated in this study. Friend, acquaintance, co-worker, and family contexts were examined. The interpersonal valence construct, based on a coactive or mutual-causal paradigm, encompasses traditional source-valence components (credibility, power,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Credibility, Group Structure
Peer reviewedGill, Stephen Joel; And Others – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1984
Reviews literature on member characteristics and conditions that increase the likelihood of group participation. Describes positive consequences of small group participation and antecedents to participation including attitudes, atmosphere, leader characteristics, expectations, and group structure. (JAC)
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Expectation, Group Experience, Group Membership
Bai, Yun; Poon, Wai-Yin; Cheung, Gordon Wai Hung – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
Two-level data sets are frequently encountered in social and behavioral science research. They arise when observations are drawn from a known hierarchical structure, as when individuals are randomly drawn from groups that are randomly drawn from a target population. When the covariance structures in the group level and the individual level are the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Predictor Variables, Social Science Research, Behavioral Science Research
Rosenthal, Miriam K. – 1988
An investigation of the work environment of child caregivers in Israel focused on the amount of professional support the caregivers received and the group characteristics of the children in their care. A total of 41 caregivers were sampled from a population of 97 sponsored family day care (FDC) providers. Most of the sampled FDC homes provided…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Family Day Care
Peer reviewedSimonton, Dean Keith – Psychological Review, 1985
Four models are developed to provide a conceptual basis for a curvilinear relation between intelligence and an individual's influence over group members. The models deal with influence and percentile placement in intelligence, comprehension by potential followers, vulnerability to rival intellects, and correlation between mean group IQ and the…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Creativity
Peer reviewedOetzel, John G. – Human Communication Research, 1998
Investigates the effective decision-making theory's (EDMT) prediction that cultural individualism-collectivism, self-construal, and group composition influence turn-taking behavior and conflict behavior in small groups. Finds, for example, that independent self-construal is a predictor of the number of turns and competitive conflict tactics in…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Community Colleges, Cultural Influences, Cultural Relevance
