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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Group activity"”.
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Group activity therapy with learning disabled preadolescents exhibiting behavior problems.
… was designed to determine the effectiveness of group activity therapy as a school based intervention with fourth and fifth grade preadolescents with learning disabilities experiencing behavior problems. The group activity therapy intervention followed humanistic principles and was designed to …
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Playful behaviour in relation to family group activity in polecats (Mustelidae)
Five family groups of polecat/ferrets and one group of albino ferrets have been studied over a period of 5 years. Consistent individual differences were found to exist regarding the number of play attacks and play initiations delivered and performance in agility tests. The animals which showed the …
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Enhancing dialogue to reduce transactional distance: a case of using mobile mediated social media in a virtual group activity
… its affordance to enhance communication within a group. Hence, WhatsApp group was used to enhance interactions, as well as nurturing social engagement that creates dialogue and sharing amongst a virtual group. This study was aimed at enhancing dialogue as a potential of reducing TD amongst …
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A conversation centric approach to understanding and supporting the coordination of social group-activities
… email, twitter, Facebook, instant messaging, GroupMe, WhatsApp, Snapchat, etc., many people still routinely find coordinating activities with our friends to be a very frustrating experience. Everyone, has at least once, encountered the difficulties involved with deciding what to do as a group. …
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Hate Managers and Where They Target: An Analysis of Hate Crime as Hate Group Self-Help
I explore the relationships between hate group activity, community factors, and the likelihood of hate crime occurrence within a county area. I integrate considerations raised by Routine Activity and Social Control theorists as well as current hate crime literature to frame my concept of the hate …
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Reminiscence, life review, and journals: effects on the well-being of older adults
… To test the hypothesis that reminiscence group activity, structured for life review, could increase well-being, a sample of 30 residents in a retirement community was studied, using a quasiexperimental, pretest-posttest design. Research subjects, average age 78 years, were randomly …
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Effects of the participatory-learning method on sex-related
… used at present in elementary schools) & 'activity-based class' (making program by writer). The subjects of this study were 128 sample in H elementary school in the I city. The study consisted of 64 students in experimental group (activity-based class) and 64 students in control …
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Ritual increases children's preferences for in-group members
… examined the impact of ritual on children's in-group affiliation (N = 71, 4-11-year-old children). A novel social group paradigm was used in an afterschool program setting to test the influence of a ritual versus a control task on three key outcomes--affiliation with in-group members, …
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Leadership Emergence: Do Males Always Dominate?
… to investigate leadership emergence in mixed sex groups. Prior research has demonstrated that females have difficulty emerging as leaders in mixed sex groups. Thirty mix sex groups (two males, one female, and one female confederate) were asked to participate in a small group activity and then …
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A multi-faceted approach to high quality professional development
… supports continued growth through individual and group activity that includes independent study, action research, study groups, peer coaching, reflective journaling, computer applications, and training. The sample population included 170 members of the teaching staff at Absegami High School, a …
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Transnational Crime in a Global Community: The Case of West Africa
… of the organization and behavior of criminal group activity in the region of West Africa. An assessment of the size, structure, and type of criminal enterprises crime groups are involved in are investigated. It is also uncovered if and how groups make use of corruption, the legit economy, and …
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A cross-sectional and mixed-method assessment of safety culture and safety climate at a regional airline
… of interview, on-line-survey, and a focus group activity. Participants in the current study were maintenance technicians, flight attendants, dispatchers, pilots, and managers. Results indicated significant differences of perception of safety climate, safety culture, and Safety Management …
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Transfer of emergent leadership from collaborative discussions to collaborative problem solving
… the social skills they have learned from one group activity to another? By using the approach of Collaborative Reasoning (CR) discussion and Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS), this study examined the transfer of children’s emergent leadership skills across these two different group …
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Interest group involvement in constituency election campaigns
… explores the range and variance of interest group activity in constituency campaigns in the 1988 federal election as reported in the Constituency Party Association dataset created in 1991 for the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. SPSSPC+ was used to analyze the …
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The politics of the rope: the campaign to abolish capital punishment in Britain 1955-1969
… in context. It focuses on the chief pressure group set up to lobby for abolition, the National Campaign for the Abolition of Capital Punishment (NCACP), and examines in detail its motivation, activities, strategy and influence. It examines the high politics of the campaign; the role played by …
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Evaluating Foundational Components of Research Consultations in an Academic Library Research Center
… consultation were through an interactive focus group activity with faculty librarians and relevant stakeholders. A survey was then sent to patrons who used the service during the Fall 2020 academic quarter. The results of the survey highlight that the foundational components are recognized and …
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The effect of electronically mediated sound on group musical interaction: A case study of the practice and development of the Automatic Writing Circle
… and ritual participants but has its origins in group activity, the interpersonal responses of one musician to another. This thesis examines the way that electronic media have transformed the interactions between musicians, particularly in the context of live performance. A central theme is the …
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Working together in the classroom : an investigation into software to raise awareness of group-learning skills in children aged 9 and 10
… a training scheme to raise awareness of group skills. Drawing on existing research and observations of classroom practice, this scheme requires children to consider group skills before, during and after the group activity. The approach is unique as the task of raising awareness of group …
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Integrating Canvas with a Large-Scale Social Annotation Platform
… classroom readings into a more engaging group activity. Originally developed by MIT CSAIL’s Haystack Group in 2012 under the direction of Professor David Karger, Nota Bene (NB) is a particular collaborative annotation tool that allows students to have annotated online discussions in the …
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Green giants and sleeping giants: environmental interest group politics and the nature of the state
… efficacy of analyses of environmental interest group politics. This thesis is an attempt to introduce a revamped concept of the State into such an analysis. The State is defined as both administrative and ideological. Through drawing out the logic of the environmentalist position, it can be …
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