The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of pre-service science teachers about using vee diagrams and preparing electronic portfolios in physics laboratuary course. 103 first grade pre-service science teachers who took general physics laboratuary course were the participants of the study. Pre-service teachers constructed vee…

Changing culture requires interventions invalidating old processes and conditions that facilitate the creation of new self validating processes. The personal growth laboratory becomes a temporary system of new self validating processes. Prepared for a conference on Intensive Small Group Process sponsored by Foundations Fund for Research in…

Small, interpersonal process groups may be useful in preparing teachers for work in inner-city schools. The intensive group experience can result in improved communication and interpersonal relationships (not only, for instance, between student teachers and cooperating teachers, but also in their interaction with professional colleagues, pupils,…

NASA Research Paper No. 20 (Grants NsG-237-62, Supplement 2, and NGR-05-007-090).

Examined generalizability of social-skills and social-anxiety global ratings made by judges trained in six different experimental laboratories. Found moderate degrees of generalizability across laboratories for the social-skills and social-anxiety ratings based on brief role plays. For more extended interaction, obtained moderate generalizability…

It appears from this study that volunteers may be largely self-selected in regard to social skills, and further training may not be necessary. The study thus lends some support to those who have argued that the success of nonprofessionals has much to do with their natural'' social skills. (Author)

Focuses on exploring approaches to better understanding of self, and examing school setting for purpose of enhancing well being of all children. (Author)

A laboratory learning intervention in a new high school had a durable effect upon both faculty and students; (a) teachers exhibited greater interpersonal openness and acceptance of conflict, and (b) students saw the faculty as more receptive and themselves as more responsible and coactive, both in and out of the classroom. (Author)

Describes an inexpensive program that has demonstrated success in increasing social skills. A student project in a school of social work brought about changes both in attitude and behavior in widely diverse groups. (Author)

This study was concerned with investigating the effects of human relations laboratory experiences on the interpersonal behavior of male and female college students. (Author)

Author describes 6 behavioral modes which constitute a transferable behavioral perspective from T Group Experiences. (Editor/MB)

This laboratory training model developed out of the observed difficulties students were having in bridging the gap between classroom and the field. Describes methods, techniques, structure and evaluation of two laboratories, set up as a neutral setting for students to practice their communication skills. (Editor/PG)

In recent years there has been some evidence of a resurgence of interest in experiential groupwork methods such as T-groups among cooperative and community development workers, feminists, and those concerned with heightening sensitivity to social problems. Two adult educators who believed that experiential laboratory methods can enable students to…