A meta-analysis of 57 studies comparing career interventions and outcomes found those that did not involve a counselor were less effective; workshops, structured groups, and career computer systems supplemented by counseling produced better outcomes. Many studies made comparisons among counselor-free interventions but did not find any significant…

A unit on enterprise was added to the first-year business management program. Students had to create a business plan, conduct market research, and present the plan and proposal to a panel of judges. Large numbers of students strained institutional resources, but a business sponsor's financial support made the project feasible. (JOW)

Interviews with 10 facilitators and 22 members of physician learning groups indicated that the groups functioned as communities of practice; they supported learning, agreed to disagree, and discussed scientific information with the goal of refining practice. Facilitators provided administrative support and sustaining energy. (Contains 18…

Presents 50 short reading activities designed to occupy students during transition periods between activities or classes. Lists 35 activities which are quiet and individual, and 15 which can be done in small or large groups. (RS)

In group investigation, students actively plan what and how they will study by forming cooperative groups according to common interests in a topic. Based on a six-stage process, group investigation is an effective medium for encouraging and guiding students' involvement in learning. A sidebar summarizes relevant research. Includes 17 references.…

A program for teaching tennis to beginners, NET (Net Easy Teaching) is described. The program addresses three common needs shared by tennis students: active involvement in hitting the ball, clearing the net, and positive reinforcement. A sample lesson plan is included. (IAH)

Uses student-formed groups during recitation periods to solve problems and develop concepts. (MVL)

Highlights a peer response group in which students were given greater autonomy. Suggests that negative elements like adversity, tension and frustration can contribute to the success of response group activity, because they instruct students in the realities of group dynamics. (RS)

Describes feminist group processes (praxis, empowerment, awareness, consensus, evolution) taught to nursing students through experiential learning activities. Explains changes in learner and teacher behavior and challenges that were encountered and overcome. (SK)

Describes a semester-long work team project designed to develop team behaviors and skills, such as collaboration, listening, problem solving, decision making, action planning, leadership, communication, and conflict resolution. Recommends that teaching collective processes must reward collective processes, that projects should be meaningful and…

This article presents strategies for creating elementary-level guided reading groups that are both flexible (based on individual students' needs) and purposeful (offering strategies for making them more effective readers). The article also explains how to set up a guided reading group, choose appropriate books, and run the group. (SM)

Participants in National Issues Forums via e-mail and Web-based conferencing 1994-96 showed evolving stages of deliberation. E-mail participants interacted very little with each other without moderators. The Web enabled more coherent visual sequencing of ideas. In some instances participants' critical thinking and reflection were developed. (SK)

Business communication students (n=92) used a new instrument to rate their performance and that of other group members. Factor analyses and Cronbach's alpha confirmed the reliability and validity of the Group Member Rating Form as a self-evaluation instrument. (SK)

The Inquiry, a group of U.S. adult educators and social scientists in the 1920s-1930s, applied Dewey's thinking to adult education in groups and espoused the link between individual and social development. Many of its concerns remain relevant today, and they provide an example for adult educators dealing with another era of rapid social change.…

Argues that a problem for teachers of large sections of introductory psychology is developing high levels of student interest. Describes a method for creating and maintaining such interest that involves using students' written responses to a question about changing their lives as material for classroom discussion of relevant topics. (DSK)