A trainerless laboratory model wherein the trainer never attends is presented. The discussion includes the advantages and disadvantages of the model, evidence for its effectiveness, and implications for the future of training. (Author)

Brief discussion indicating that choice of working condition (alone or in group) cannot be used as gross indication of intelligence, although there are implications for school psychologists. (Author/CJ)

Introduces Tent Troup, a chautauqua-like traveling theatre featuring teenage performers. (Author/RH)

A high school junior reports his experience with Tent Troupe, a chautauqua-like traveling theatre featuring teenage performers. (Author/RH)

Randomly assigned children between ages of three and eight years to sex, age, and race homogeneous three-person groups and asked them to engage in complex, gender-neutral task. On 13 task performance dimensions, found only one significant difference. Remaining 12 dimensions showed mixed but insignificant differences. Concluded that both genders…

Explains Gilbert's Behavior Engineering Model that can enable the success of novice performance engineers by prompting appropriate front-end analysis and describes a performance improvement project conducted in the customer service department at an insurance agency. Discusses task clarification, employee self-monitoring, and public posting of…

A review of group literature, much of which is anecdotal or theoretical, revealed that coleadership has been a common practice in training and therapeutic settings for well over 50 years. Careful examination of group practice reveals a surprisingly small amount of empirical evidence to support what apparently is a widely practiced method for the…

The authors present a practical set of guidelines for school counselors interested in initiating and using narrative leagues after a small group experience ends. A case example demonstrates how a narrative league can help students to maintain new skills or behaviors.

This article examines the effectiveness of incorporating an applied learning experience in an upper level undergraduate motivation theory class. In this 3-part course requirement, students (a) participated in a 2-hr field experience, (b) completed a homework assignment based on their participation, and (c) worked in groups to develop a deeper…

This paper reports the development of the Negative Group Work Experiences questionnaire (NGWE), an assessment tool for measuring negative experiences of group work. Study 1 involved two samples of undergraduate psychology students (second-year sample n = 425; first-year sample n = 443), who completed research modules incorporating substantial…

Although professional learning communities are often promoted as unique learning opportunities, little is known about how they get started and how they are sustained. For this reason, group members are often unprepared, and then frustrated, by inevitable group tensions. With this in mind, Karl Weick's [(1979). "The social psychology of…

This report describes results from the AISD Central Office Work Environment Surveys administered in 2005-2006 through 2007-2008.

This study describes the language and literacy skills of 11-year-olds attending a mainstream school in an area of social and economic disadvantage. The proportion of these young people experiencing difficulties in decoding and reading comprehension was identified and the relationship between spoken language skills and reading comprehension…

Over multiple generations, American Indian communities have endured a succession of traumatic events that have enduring consequences for community members. This article presents a multilevel framework for exploring the impact of historically traumatic events on individuals, families, and communities. The critical connection between historically…

A weekend encounter experience was arranged for five groups using varying techniques from highly structured to non-structured basic discussion. The subjects were 55 adult volunteers. Results showed that while participants in weekend encounter groups showed positive changes on personality tests, no other group differences appeared. (Author/EK)