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Try before You Buy: Are There Benefits to a Random Trial Period before Students Choose Their Collaborative Teams?
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Sukhada Samudra; Cynney Walters; Destiny Williams-Dobosz; Aarati Shah; Peggy Brickman – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
The cognitive and performance benefits of group work in undergraduate courses depend on understanding how to structure groups to promote communication and comfort while also promoting diversity and reducing conflict. The current study utilized social network analysis combined with self-reported survey data from 555 students in 155 groups to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Team Training, Group Experience, Group Dynamics
Measuring the Impact of the Micronegotiation Technique on Team Member Satisfaction and Team Performance
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Kaufman, Jeffery David – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Conflict is not an uncommon element of team interactions and processes; however, if unchecked it can cause issues in the ability of the team to achieve maximum performance. Research on task conflict and relationship conflict by de Wit, Greer, and Jehn (2012) found that while in many cases task conflict and relationship conflict within teams can…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Medical Students, Teamwork, Problem Solving
Best Technology Practices of Conflict Resolution Specialists: A Case Study of Online Dispute Resolution at United States Universities
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Law, Kimberli Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to remedy the paucity of knowledge about higher education's conflict resolution practice of online dispute resolution by providing an in-depth description of mediator and instructor online practices. Telephone interviews were used as the primary data collection method. Eleven interview questions were relied upon to…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Conflict Resolution, Computer Mediated Communication, Higher Education
Direct Instruction and Guided Practice Matter in Conflict Resolution and Social-Emotional Learning
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DeVoogd, Karen; Lane-Garon, Pamela; Kralowec, Charles A. – Perspectives in Peer Programs, 2016
Seven schools in an economically challenged area of an urban school district in central California implemented mentored peer mediation programs under the guidance of a university-K-12 partnership project, Mediator Mentors. Individual student outcomes for social-cognitive dispositions, perceptions of school climate, conflict strategy choices, and…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Conflict Resolution, Social Development, Emotional Development
Towards the Integration of Police Psychology Techniques Combined with the Socio-Ecological Psychology Model to Confront Juvenile Delinquency in K-12 Classrooms
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Rose, Gary – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Dealing with students' behavioral problems is one of the most pressing concerns facing educators today, and teachers are feeling inadequately equipped to meet the challenge. The objective of this research was to better understand prevailing delinquency problems in K-12 classrooms, and how teachers address them. Although calls to improve school…
Descriptors: Delinquency Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Behavior Problems, Police
Mediators and Mentors: Partners in Conflict Resolution and Peace Education
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Lane-Garon, Pamela S.; Ybarra-Merlo, Monica; Zajac, Joe Dee; Vierra, Tekla – Journal of Peace Education, 2005
It is the view of these authors that children learn to be peacebuilders in the context of relationships where, if fortunate, they experience guided practice in interpersonal skill development around conflict. "Mediator Mentors", the program described in this article, is a school-university partnership in which Teacher-Education…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Program Implementation, Skill Development, Interpersonal Competence