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Peer reviewedBaxter, Ernest – Higher Education, 1985
A study of the effects of variation in student preparation and leadership (emergent vs. assigned) in discussion groups found that both factors influenced verbal inactivity. The leadership effects were explained in terms of interaction-expectation theory and behavior modelling. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discussion Groups, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
