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Winter, Janet K.; Waner, Karen K.; Neal-Mansfield, Joan C. – Journal of Education for Business, 2008
Teamwork and interpersonal communication are indispensable skills for business workers, and most companies are promoting diversity in teams to gain a competitive edge. Although findings suggest that diversity may not be as valuable as it seems for most teams, business workers need to manage diversity successfully. Therefore, the present authors…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Interpersonal Communication, Cooperative Learning, Teamwork
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Finlay, W. Mick L.; Antaki, Charles; Walton, Chris – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
In this paper we argue that video recording of actual practice should be a central tool for organisations attempting to improve services for people with learning disabilities. Since an important site for the disempowerment of service-users is in everyday, mundane interactions with service staff, an approach to staff development is needed which…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Guidelines, Staff Development
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Licuanan, Brian F.; Dailey, Lesley R.; Mumford, Michael D. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2007
Idea evaluation is a critical aspect of creative thought. However, a number of errors might occur in the evaluation of new ideas. One error commonly observed is the tendency to underestimate the originality of truly novel ideas. In the present study, an attempt was made to assess whether analysis of the process leading to the idea generation and…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Thinking, Undergraduate Students, Marketing
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Wainwright, Susan – Journal of Faculty Development, 2009
Contemporary research in pedagogy provides evidence for use of active learning strategies in the classroom. It is important that faculty demonstrate effectiveness across the spectrum of teaching activities, as well as effectiveness in meeting the learning goals of students. This paper illustrates how self-assessment can be used to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Interaction Process Analysis, Learning Strategies, Active Learning
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Coates, David; Thompson, Wendy; Shimmin, Andrew – Gifted and Talented International, 2008
Recognising and nurturing giftedness in young children presents an important challenge to educators. This study sets out to identify and support gifted children through the provision of a rich learning environment in the Nursery (Kindergarten) setting. Practitioners in the Nursery aimed to provide cognitively challenging activities appropriate to…
Descriptors: Gifted, Childhood Interests, Kindergarten, Educational Environment
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Topcu, Abdullah – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This study verified the efficacy of the intentional repetition technique in improving interaction in asynchronous online discussions by taking into account the learning styles of the participants. A conceptual framework served for the development of the technique, which conceptualises efficient and cohesive interaction on a continuum of process…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cognitive Style, Interaction
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Erchul, William P.; DuPaul, George J.; Bennett, Megan S.; Grissom, Priscilla F.; Jitendra, Asha K.; Tresco, Katy E.; Volpe, Robert J.; Vile Junod, Rosemary E.; Flammer-Rivera, Lizette M.; Mannella, Mark C. – School Psychology Review, 2009
The purpose of this study was to link consultant and teacher verbal interaction patterns to consultation outcomes. Participants were 4 consultants, 20 teachers, and 20 elementary school students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Audiotaped Problem Analysis Interviews (PAIs) from Project PASS (Promoting Academic Success in Students)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Rating Scales, Teacher Influence, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Negishi, Junko – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2010
This study attempted to investigate the characteristics of interaction dynamics in a group oral interaction carried out by Japanese learners of English. The relationship between the participants' language development and interactional management functions (IMFs) was also explored. Oral performance tests in a paired or a small group have recently…
Descriptors: Performance Tests, Interaction Process Analysis, Second Language Learning, Japanese
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Timler, Geralyn R. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2008
This study investigated social knowledge in school-age children, aged 8-12 years, with and without language impairment (LI and TD groups). A hypothetical peer conflict task was administered to examine the relationship among prosocial responses and parent/teacher ratings of children's social behaviours. Stimuli included 12 hypothetical peer…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Conflict Resolution, Peer Relationship, Matched Groups
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Sachkova, M. E. – Russian Education and Society, 2008
The purpose of this research was to study the characteristics of the intragroup relations between the middle-status adolescents in a student group and the other status categories. It is assumed that the social and psychological portrait of an open adolescent student group, the character of the orientation and the level of its development, and the…
Descriptors: Personality, Adolescents, Social Status, Group Behavior
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Juuti, Kalle; Lavonen, Jari; Aksela, Maija; Meisalo, Veijo – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2009
This paper analyses the use of various communication channels in science teachers' professional development project aiming to develop versatile uses for ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in science teaching. A teacher network was created specifically for this project, and the researchers facilitated three forms of communication…
Descriptors: Interaction, Science Teachers, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Klavina, Aija; Block, Martin E. – Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2008
This study assessed the effect of peer tutoring on physical, instructional, and social interaction behaviors between elementary school age students with severe and multiple disabilities (SMD) and peers without disabilities. Additional measures addressed the activity time of students with SMD. The study was conducted in inclusive general physical…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Intervention, Multiple Disabilities, Interpersonal Relationship
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Bentley, Judy K. C. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2008
The 1% of US students with labels of severe disabilities including mental retardation have been historically excluded from "inclusive" education, and from the important epistemological, political, pedagogical, and pragmatic currents in systemic education reform. They have been also been excluded from the design of, and participation in, the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Inclusive Schools, Mental Retardation, Academic Education
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Oliveira, Alandeom W.; Sadler, Troy D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study examines cognitive and social processes in group interactions that shape collaborative learning in science classrooms. Three small groups of students were observed while working collaboratively on explaining the burning of a candle under a jar. The learning environment served as a context for examination of conceptual convergence, a…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Interaction Process Analysis, Social Environment, Educational Change
Birkel, Lane F. – Supervisors Quarterly, 1971
Suggests additional subcategories for Flanders' system. (RT)
Descriptors: Interaction Process Analysis, Teacher Supervision
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