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Kuh, George D.; Thomas, Marilyn L. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1983
Examined whether graduate students (N=40) experienced developmental transitions similar to those suggested in adult development theories by using a structured interview protocol to collect data on developmental tasks. Findings indicated that the developmental transitions reflected in a composite developmental framework were applicable to graduate…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedBell, Mae Arnold – Small Group Behavior, 1982
Reports analyses by topical cycle and group meeting of nine videotaped group discussions to extend Bales and Strodtbeck's often cited phase research. The analysis by group meeting suggesting an underlying motivational structure for phase progression, offers support of a three-phase hypothesis. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Developmental Stages, Group Dynamics
Lockledge, Ann – 1989
Preservice secondary teachers were assigned research on the consumer behavior and habits of junior high school students for the purpose of allowing preservice teachers to discover their own knowledge of young adolescents. Observations were made of groups of students at two typical malls in a southeastern city of around 100,000 population. The…
Descriptors: Action Research, Behavior Patterns, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
