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Download full textWatkins, Diana Sell – 1997
This paper reports on a study to design, develop, pilot test, evaluate, and assess an online Internet community system during the months May-July, 1997 at Nova Southeastern University-Programs for Higher Education (NSU PHE). The system was used as a prototype for developing and studying techniques for building virtual communities. Project research…
Descriptors: Community, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Dudgeon, Carolyn; And Others – 1995
These three essays focus on the creation and sustenance of learning communities among students and instructors at the college and university level. The essays are: (1) "Creating and Sustaining Learning Communities" (Carolyn Dudgeon), which emphasizes a seamless educational continuum for lifelong learners in a collaborative, caring…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Instruction, Community, Computer Assisted Instruction
Getz, Helle; LaBahn, Joyce; Regan, Kathleen – 1999
This paper describes a program initiated by teacher-researchers to increase the use and knowledge of appropriate social skills with junior high school students while working in academic cooperative groups. The target groups comprised sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students in a predominantly middle class community in the Midwest. The students'…
Descriptors: Community, Cooperative Learning, Family Structure, Group Activities
Credit, Alison; Garcia, Mary – 1999
This report describes a program for heightening awareness of stress and reducing stress levels while improving learning. The targeted population comprised seventh and ninth grade students in middle schools and high schools located in affluent suburban communities of a large Midwest city. The problem of moderate to high levels of stress was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community, Coping, High School Students
DuBois, Connie; Endsley, Ammie; West, Dianna – 1999
This paper describes a program designed to increase students' social skill development in order to improve positive peer interactions. The target population was elementary school students in one middle-to-upper class, rural community in central Illinois. Evidence for the existence of the problem of inappropriate social behaviors that interfere…
Descriptors: Activities, Behavior Problems, Community, Cooperative Learning
Bertone, Lisa; Boyle, Janet; Mitchel, Julie; Smith, Jerry – 1999
This report describes an intervention program for improving social skills. The targeted population comprised a kindergarten, second grade, second grade physical education, and trainable mentally handicapped primary aged classes. All sites were located within 60 miles of a major metropolitan area. The lack of social skill development was documented…
Descriptors: Community, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment, Family Influence
