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Heise, David R. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2013
A new theory of interaction within small groups posits that group members initiate actions when tension mounts between the affective meanings of their situational identities and impressions produced by recent events. Actors choose partners and behaviors so as to reduce the tensions. A computer model based on this theory, incorporating reciprocal…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Interaction, Group Membership, Psychological Patterns
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Janssen, Marleen J.; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne; van Dijk, Jan P. M.; Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2010
This article describes the application of the Diagnostic Intervention Model and its effects in two case studies of 3-year-old boys, Rolf and Ruud, using individual interaction coaching with their mothers. Positive effects were found for all the target categories in both cases, although an interaction that used materials appeared to be more…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Diagnostic Teaching, Case Studies
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Henderson, Michael – Australian Educational Computing, 2006
This research explores how community cohesion can sustain teacher participation in a small scale, mixed mode (face to face and online) PD course. Secondary school teachers in Queensland undertook a mixed mode PD course utilising Education Queensland's Learning Place. The results indicate significantly longer participation than required and when…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, Secondary School Teachers, Communities of Practice, Online Courses