Examined changes in individual construing processes for students in British institutes of higher learning, with reference to T-group or experiential learning group outcomes. Found little support for hypotheses that predict consistent positive change in participants' construct systems. Suggests that some participants developed greater interpersonal…

Examines classroom research related to child-to-child interaction and its relationship to the development of social competence in young children. Discusses and summarizes relevant qualitative and quantitative research. Defines social competence and suggests implications of the research for classroom teachers. (Author/RWB)

A group process can allow teachers and students to deal openly with sources of conflict causing surface behavior problems and enhance self-control among students. Specific guidelines for group meeting structure and teacher behavior are given. A table summarizes the variety of functions and goals for which groups can be used. (VW)

A SUNY-Stony Brook program that involves students in a family-like grouping and offers courses built around one theme at a time is described. Student and faculty reactions to the Federated Learning Communities concept are presented. (MSE)

Characteristics of group facilitator are similar to those of information specialist as one who gathers information, clarifies questions, builds up and breaks down knowledge, presents balanced points of view, and defines problems and strategies for resolution. Information specialist has opportunity to meet organizational needs through traditional…

Interviews 25 managers on the nature of managerial communication, including questions about how they would describe their jobs and some of the communication problems their organizations have had. (DF)

Investigates the power of a macropropositional model of comprehension for a complex social interaction (a rape interrogation) to predict accurate recall by both individuals and groups. The findings are considered in relation to strategic models of discourse comprehension, and the implications for future social psychological research are discussed.…

Weekly projects designed for an introductory psychology telecourse encourage student involvement in psychology. Each project consists of a set of instructions for a psychological study using family, friends, and other telecourse students as subjects, discussion partners, or coresearchers. All collaboration is done over the telephone. Examples of…

Discusses patterns of social interaction used by 28 preschool children who were popular, controversial, neglected, or rejected as playmates. Videotaped social play in which one child joined a dyad was coded in terms of children's direction of communication, inititiations, and responses. (CB)

A survey completed by 189 persons attending the 1983 National Association for Experiential Education Conference resulted in a rank ordered list of 39 competency areas, considered essential to the effective outdoor leader. Respondents placed greatest importance on items related to safety, group counseling, and interaction. (JHZ)

Analyses in this study revealed trends that bear some similarity to other coorientation research on the variables of agreement, accuracy, and congruency between individual members and their group, but the small amount of variance accounted for by time spent communicating suggests a need for measurement revisions in further research. (PD)

Reports studies of children's interactions at home with younger siblings and/or best friends. Finds gender and group composition differences in the play activities selected, amount of positive and negative interaction, and assumption of the roles of teacher/learner, manager/manager and playmate. (CB)

Examined a videotaped feedback session in an undergraduate management course, particularly exploring communicator style in giving feedback. Concluded that both feedback content and form influence judgments of feedback effectiveness. (PD)

A secondary school residential project, which began by suffering such a blow to group unity that recovery seemed impossible, ended by successfully facilitating the moral growth of its members. Social interaction in groups, allowing role-taking and the resolution of conflicts, was the technique responsible for this success. (Author/RM)

Describes the concept of group maturity and recent attempts to measure the concept. Reports on a study that administered maturity scales to students in communication and management courses and found the scales to be powerful discriminators between mature and immature groups. Discusses implications for small group and organizational communication…