Most youth require social stimulation to reinforce their motivation to learn. In order to give students undergoing programed instruction the chance to interact with others, it is recommended that periodic small group discussions of the curriculum content should be h held. (CK)

Description of experiment involving all members of class working as a team on one research project. (IR)

The article extends the Individual Curriculum Sequence (ICS) model to small-group instruction with severely handicapped students and emphasizes unique teaching opportunities, including controlling motivational variables, facilitating observational learning, and enhancing generalization. A variety of examples of how data can be recorded for program…

Three learning disabled 10- to 11-year-old boys with severe attentional problems were taught to self-monitor their on-task behavior while participating in oral reading tasks. Results indicate that self-monitoring procedures can be effectively employed during oral, small-group instruction and that positive behavioral changes can be maintained.…

Recounts the experiences of a literature instructor who moderates three different adult reading groups to demonstrate the possibilities for carrying literature outside the confines of the classroom and into other student and adult communities. (HTH)

Cooperative learning emphasizes task over process and the educator is in control. Collaborative learners work together to construct understanding, and the educator establishes an environment for shared exploration. Transformative group learning involves critical reflection, facilitated by the educator, for individual or social change. (SK)

Describes a versatile small-group exercise, "Ask the Expert," that encourages appropriation of lecture material by students while enriching their own sense of expertise. Presents a step-by-step procedure and discusses benefits of the exercise. (Author/PVV)

Interviewed members of semester-long, unstructured small group processes course to identify trainer interventions contributing most to learning. Based on information obtained in interviews, a model was developed which divided trainers' teaching acts into three sequential levels: articulation, legitimation, and connections. (Author/NB)

Describes numerous small-group activities for the following areas of basic business education: consumer credit, marketing, business organization, entrepreneurship, insurance, risk management, economics, personal finance, business careers, global markets, and government regulation. (SK)

ExecutiveLink(TM) is a learning community of farm businesses engaged in nonformal education. Social capital is developed through shared language and experiences, the building of trust, self-development, and identification with the community. (SK)