In the study reported here, feelings of alienation, as measured by Keniston's (1968) Alienation Scale, were generally found to decrease as a result of particularized group experience. (Author)

An experiment on a simulated educational organization, in which the implications of using an external versus an internal change agent were examined. (Author)

How to get some planning done in spite of everything. (Author)

Questionnaires assessed attitudes of women living in an apartment building off campus, in regard to feelings of freedom and responsibility when they created their own them. Responses support contention that housing is an educational facility which through its environment may enhance intellectual activity. (Author/CJ)

The study attempted to verify a group ethos among student teachers. When the teachers involved sensed a groupness, a family ethos, they become a special core of teachers, and they performed accordingly. (Author)

Results show that both treatments were equally effective and both were superior to no treatment. Reactive inhibition therapy may be more efficient than reciprocal inhibition therapy, since it is a simpler procedure. (Author)

Briefly describes methods whereby a volunteer group of school counselors would be available to act as an intervention unit, to be called in by a school principal to help alleviate turmoil and/or stress in the school. (CJ)

Study results indicate that a laboratory training design helped induce and sustain major changes in a large number of the interpersonal and intergroup styles of a small organization unit. (Author)

An intrapersonal exercise has been developed that tries to help the individual organize and clarify his ideas and emotions about his group encounter experience. The Zen Art workshop involves painting a self-portrait, going through a series of exercises, and then painting a second self-portrait. (EB)

Techniques to encourage student participation in the classroom include subgrouping, learning cells, brainstorming, and development of an atmosphere of safety. (SK)

Model developed to enhance understanding of group processes and dynamics and to help plan for intervention and research in treatment or task groups. Presents a cognitive map of a group, incorporating five sets of group variables: (1) member characteristics; (2) behaviors; (3) group characteristics; (4) episodes; and (5) output. (Author/NRB)