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Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills
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In this paper, a text first published in 1975, discusses group dynamics, experiential learning, group goals and social interdependence, communication, leadership, decision making, controversy and creativity, conflicts of interest, power, diversity, team development, and leading growth and counseling for counseling.Abstract:
New edition of a text first published in 1975. Covers group dynamics, experiential learning, group goals and social interdependence, communication, leadership, decision making, controversy and creativity, conflicts of interest, power, diversity, team development, and leading growth and counseling grread more
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Explanations from Intra- and Inter-Group Discourse: Students Building Knowledge in the Science Classroom.
Earl Woodruff,Karen Meyer +1 more
TL;DR: This article examined the role of shared inquiry and the nature of consensus-building in students' development of explanations from a collaborative knowledge-building stance in middle school science classes, focusing on connecting students' thinking and experience with science concepts and explanations.
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A guidebook for cooperative learning: A technique for creating more effective schools
Dee Dishon,Pat Wilson O'Leary +1 more
TL;DR: The five principles that underlie successful cooperative learning experienceq (distributed leadership, heterogeneous grouping, positive interdependence, social skill acquisition, and group autonomy) are outlined, illustrated, and then followed by a discussion of how to implement them.
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Isolated Teenagers, Cooperative Learning, and the Training of Social Skills
TL;DR: The results indicated that the combination of group-academic and social-skills contingencies produced in the socially isolated and withdrawn students the highest rates of appropriate social interaction with peers, acceptance and liking by peers, positive attitudes toward the subject area, and achievement.
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Being Attuned to Intergroup Differences in Mergers: The Role of Aligned Leaders for Low-Status Groups
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on responses of low-status group members to a merger with a high status group and found that low status ingroup leaders were evaluated more positively than high-status outgroup leaders.
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Cooperative Learning at the College Level.
TL;DR: In the United States, according to Kohn (1986), such cooperation is contrary to the addictive socialized behavior of competition as mentioned in this paper, and it becomes critical for our educational system to produce students who are able to work with others.