Describes the group intermix procedure, a prediscussion strategy in which students work in groups to process the content of a single book. Suggests classroom applications. (FL)

Using Boshier's Education Participation Scale, this study analyzed reasons for participation in adult basic education programs. Patterns related to Levinson's life stages were examined. Recommended classroom strategies included small group instruction, mentoring, field experience, and community awareness programs. (SK)

Analyzed all interventions made by trainers in two unstructured small groups (N=19) and examined their contributions to members' learning. Results indicated that participants in small groups with an experiential focus tend to learn most when they are taught directly. (LLL)

This study showed how nominal grouping could be used by administrators in higher education to formulate relevant and cost-effective programs for employee development and motivation that maximized the performance of educational secretaries and administrative assistants (N=25). (Author)

Cooperative learning has gone from an innovative teaching strategy practiced by only a few creative and courageous teachers to a strategy important to many who teach mathematics. Research suggests that learning is a social process and that cooperative learning activities are essential if students are to be able to construct their own knowledge.…

If being a competent small group problem solver is difficult, it is even more difficult to impart those competencies to others. Unlike athletic coaches who are near their players during the real game, teachers of small group communication are not typically present for on-the-spot coaching when their students are doing their problem solving. That…

Designed for small group instruction, this fifth-grade classroom activity deals with the creation of a special edition newspaper commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The activity contains five roles for students (historian, journalist, cartographer/illustrator, biographer, scientist), and each group is to produce…

Studied the effectiveness of using a prior knowledge of behavioral objectives in instruction to enhance ninth grade students' achievement in and retention of physical science learning. Concluded that the use of behavioral objectives was effective both in individualized and whole class instruction. (CC)

Discusses the procedures of conducting skill sessions in the teaching of physics to undergraduates. Indicates that the interim method can help students in acquiring necessary skills to solve problems but needs further improvement to become more useful. (CC)

The classroom model Suvag Lingua is intended for collective phonetic correction rather than individual. (DD)

Describes a general approach to the analysis of teaching in small-group contexts; guidelines are presented in a check list. (Author)

Article describes study exploring the reasons chosen by men and women for participating in educational activities. Seven groups of reasons were identified: desire to know; desire to reach a personal, social or religious goal; desire to escape; desire to take part in an activity; and desire to comply with formal requirements. (Author/JB)