School systems today are rediscovering what was well-known in yesterday's one-room schools -- that tutoring of younger students by older students works. (Author/JN)

The University of Nebraska's Home Management Group Project involves groups of four to six students in the accomplishment of a self-determined goal on a topic in home management. The activity provides an opportunity for practical application of theory as well as for practice in group relations. (SK)

Group communication and interactive techniques are an important means for accomplishing office tasks. Teachers should plan learning activities which require and simulate planning and interaction in small groups to develop these communication skills. (SK)

Discusses the role of listening in the language arts and provides a six-stage group project for developing a variety of listening skills. (HTH)

Examines some basic principles underlying success or failure in classroom management and suggests activities to promote cooperative awareness among students. (CM)

A description is given of an organized effort on the part of a university mental health staff to meet individual faculty members and acquaint them with health service activities. (JD)

Volunteer coaches have generally favorable attitudes toward youth sports but express some reservations about the emphasis on winning. (JD)

Suggestions are given for developing an effective creative dance program in an elementary class. (JD)

Focuses upon the movement of the creative spirit and the impact of listening in the collaborative oral composition process for elderly residents. Draws some conclusions about the relationship between poetry, innocence, and healing. (SR)

Graduate and undergraduate business students (n=116) were divided into 14 self-selected groups and 15 socially engineered groups with members chosen to ensure diversity of backgrounds and abilities. The socially engineered groups produced better, more accurate decisions on group tasks, and their satisfaction was not diminished by the lack of…

Presents Fragrance Structured Learning Packages (SLPs), group activities designed to help students recognize the value of applying chemistry in a real-world setting. Developed by the Department of Chemistry at the University of York. (Author/KHR)

Presents an exercise and tools to help student groups deal with challenges of project work outside class. Self- and group reflection, discussion, coordination tips, and mid- and end-of-project follow-up are techniques designed to help students anticipate and resolve problems with group process. (SK)

Asserting that in-class small group work often falters when students report out their work, describes 11 techniques for ending group work and evaluates their relative merits based on efficiency, accountability for individual students, complete sharing of information, and student practice in articulating what they learned. (EV)

Adapts reflecting team concept, a practical application of constructivist ideas, for use in group supervision. Evolving model includes a focus on the unique "fly on the wall" perspective of the reflecting team. Trainees are introduced to a multiverse of new ideas and perspectives in a context which integrates some of the most challenging…