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A comparison of tenth grade students' small group discussions to adults' small group discussions in response to literature
… report indications· that any of three methods of small group discussions over a period of time influenced students to respond to short stories in a manner that is more like the responses of adults. A tenth-grade academic English class was randomly divided into three groups of seven students. The …
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The effects of small group mathematical instruction
… of this study was to determine the effects of small group mathematical instruction when compared to whole group mathematical instruction. The participants of the study consisted of 35 first grade students from two intact classes from a suburban school district in New Jersey. The control group …
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An Informal Experiment with the Small Group Technic
… primary purpose of this informal experiment in group work with children in a fourth grade classroom is two-fold: first, to describe and amplify the use of the small group technic in a classroom situation, and second, to show what relationship there may be between the use of the small group …
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Five new systems heuristics to analyze small group teamwork
Small groups are the most common of all organizations. In this thesis we apply a systems architecture approach to small group teamwork in order to study small groups. We propose five new systems heuristics and use these heuristics as lenses to view small groups. We make use of concepts from systems …
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Changing small group interaction through visual reflections of social behavior
People collaborating in groups have potential to produce higher-quality output than individuals working alone, due to the pooling of resources, information, and skills. Yet social psychologists have determined that groups rarely harness this potential. This thesis proposes that technology in …
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A question of response : responding to literature through small group discussion
… of Response: Responding to Literature Through Small Group Discussion, looked at the question of how do small student-led discussion groups work to make meaning within the context of discussing short stories. In order to investigate the above question, ethnographic case study methodology was …
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Effective vocabulary development for secondary students in weekly small-group sessions
<p>The purpose of this quasi-experimental one group study was to (a) ascertain the vocabulary acquisition of low-achieving language students in grades 9-11 (n = 14), and (b) to determine if implementation of a program of explicit instruction would lead to a significant improvement of the volume of …
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Creating the container for reflective practice in virtual small group supervision
… My primary practice is supervising virtual small groups of executive coaches. Coaching supervision is a developing practice; there is little research in the field of individual coach supervision, and almost none in the context of small group supervision. My overall purposes were to influence …
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Geometric and homological methods in group theory: constructing small group resolutions
Given two groups K and H for which we have the free crossed resolutions, B* --> K and C* --> H respectively. Our aim is to construct a free crossed resolution, A* --> G, by way of induction on the degree n, for any semidirect product G = K x H. First we show how to find a set Z1 of generators for …
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The Efficacy of Varying Small Group Workshops in the Composition Classroom
… approved study takes a look at the efficacy of small group workshops in the composition classroom and whether it is more beneficial for a student to remain in the same small groups between drafts, or whether it is better to change small groups and get a new set of eyes on a new draft. In my …
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The Status of Small Group Training as Perceived by Program Administrators
… perceptions of collegiate recreation small group training programs. Through an extensive review of literature and valued input from key campus recreation professionals, a preliminary survey with 30 items was created. The preliminary survey, Administrative Effectiveness of Small Group …
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The effects of an expert on the small-group consensus process
… when the expert is a member of a consensus group. The purpose of this research is to help managers effectively use experts to increase decision quality without reducing consensus. If the expert gives the group relevant information, decision quality should increase. If group members believe …
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Small-Group Leader Assignment: Effects Across Different Degrees of Task Interdependence
The use of teams and work groups in organizations has become increasingly more popular in the last decade. Within each of these groups, a leadership role must be filled in order for the team to achieve its task. This study posited that the method by which the leader comes into this role may have a …
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Multimodal Recognition of Social Behaviors and Personality Traits in Small Group Interaction
… etc.). In this thesis, we consider small group meetings as a challenging example and case study of real life situations in which the multimodal analysis of social signals can be used to extract relevant information about the group and about individuals. In particular, we show how the …
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An Analysis of Interpersonal Communication Patterns Utilized by a Selected Small Group
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T01:12:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7212446.pdf: 8199479 bytes, checksum: aa341c7b1a5fe8b2296a7fe5f03695dd (MD5) Previous issue date: 1971
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Social influences on the development of relational thinking during small-group discussions
… interaction with peers and teachers during small-group discussions, and whether peer relationships mediate or moderate the instantaneous social and cognitive events of discussions. The social influences were investigated in a peer-led small-group discussion forum called Collaborative …
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Some characteristics, causes and methods of reducing primary tension in small group discussion
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