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Direct linkNiehaus, Elizabeth – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2016
One of the most frequently touted benefits of higher education is the opportunity to interact with people different from oneself, yet these interactions do not automatically lead to positive outcomes. The purpose of this study is to explore how one particular context for diversity interactions, service-based alternative break programs, may provide…
Descriptors: Interaction, Sensitivity Training, Intergroup Relations, Interpersonal Competence
Thanh Pham, Thi Hong – Higher Education Research and Development, 2013
This study aimed to investigate the perceptions, interactions and behaviours of different-ability college students when they worked on different types of assessments. Two classes of 145 Vietnamese college students participated in this three-month study. The students were assigned to mixed-ability groups, each of which consisted of five students.…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, High Achievement, Student Projects, Group Activities
Zeedyk, M. Suzanne; Caldwell, Phoebe; Davies, Clifford E. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2009
The intervention of Intensive Interaction is gaining attention for its demonstrated effectiveness in promoting social engagement in individuals with severe communicative impairments. The present study sought to extend the evidence base for this intervention by investigating the rapidity with which an increase in engagement becomes apparent.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Interaction, Interaction Process Analysis
Download full textJohnson, Richard W.; Leonard, Louise C. – 1970
In an effort to determine the effectiveness of group counseling with student nurses, 76 students enrolled in their first professional nursing course were randomly placed either in a counseling group or in a control group. As hypothesized, those students participating in the group counseling sessions received significantly higher grades in the…
Descriptors: Group Counseling, Group Dynamics, Group Experience, Interaction
Samuels, Arthur S. – 1968
Encounter groups, in which blacks and whites were brought together to reduce their mutual fear and hatred, are discussed. Major goals of the groups were: (1) to decrease isolation and separation between the races, thereby reducing distorted interracial conceptions; and (2) to help group members feel accepted as fellow human beings by members of…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Culture Contact, Group Dynamics, Individual Development
Froehlich, Dean K. – 1968
This paper describes some of the military requirements for an assessment technique with which to estimate the effectiveness of the interactions that occur between military assistance program advisors and their counterparts. An experimental criterion of effectiveness, willingness to work together, is described, and estimates of its validity…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
