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Direct linkIsaac, Megan Lynn – English Journal, 2012
Collaborative learning is something that all students will employ once they finish their formal education, and while it isn't something that can be objectively tested by standardized exams, it is something that can be taught. Learning to work in groups is simultaneously a way of learning and a skill worth learning. Teachers should acknowledge that…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Student Attitudes, Group Activities, Student Reaction
Peer reviewedLatham, Van M. – Small Group Behavior, 1987
Discusses a theory of leadership effectiveness in small discussion/decision making groups developed to facilitate discussion and goal efficacy. Develops four leadership styles (coordinator, inventor, enthusiast, and director) focusing on two critical questions the leader must address. Discusses implications of the model for leadership training and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Group Behavior, Group Discussion, Groups
Peer reviewedMcRoy, Carolyn R.; Brown, Beverly M. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1996
Investigated effects of an individual's ability to process information (conceptual level) on the choice of alternative verbal conflict behaviors (tactics) in a small-group context. Members of the higher conceptual level study group made a higher percentage of overall responses, while members of the lower conceptual level group used avoidance and…
Descriptors: Adults, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Counseling
Download full textHendrick, Clyde; And Others – 1973
Two experiments were conducted which studied seating distance of subjects in a small group discussion situation. In Experiment I groups of three subjects sat on cushions in a bare carpeted room along with a moderator and discussed a socially relevant issue. The distances generated by subjects' placement of their cushions served as the main…
Descriptors: College Students, Discussion Groups, Females, Group Behavior
Goldman, Mark S.; And Others – 1971
This paper explores the power of the group to influence the initiation, maintenance, and termination of a given episode of group drinking by alcoholics. The study was undertaken to establish the parameters, within a controlled laboratory setting, of the various effects of group decision making on the social, affective, and drinking behavior of the…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Experimental Groups, Group Behavior
Peer reviewedBasili, Patricia A.; Sanford, Julie P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1991
Study (n=62) at suburban community college tested method of conceptual change in which treatment students worked in small cooperative groups on tasks aimed at eliciting their misconceptions so that they could be discussed in contrast to scientific conception that had been taught in direct instruction. Treatment group had significantly lower…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, Group Behavior
