Cites the advantages of studying the group process through the historical example and notes specific principles that students can draw from these models to apply to their own discussion groups. (MH)

Teachers were anonymously surveyed for their views on the ethics of teacher discussions of individual students in formal and informal settings, the latter signifying the teachers' lounge, hallways, etc. (SJL)

Yes! "Pass 'Go'" on your way "to the head of the class" and take a look at some skill-building games students made themselves. (Editor)

In order to gain a better understanding of the way students analyze and interpret experience, this research incorporates a cognitive dimension into the analysis of classroom discourse. Monitors both the levels of thinking of individual students and their social interactions during discussion in formal and informal classroom contexts. Results…

Outlines techniques for using group discussion and story dramatization activities to teach speaking and listening skills to elementary students. (GW)

Courses in theoretical ethics are unrelated to the moral delemmas that nurses encounter in practice, according to the authors. They present a method for moral education in nursing curricula utilizing seminars for dilemma discussion that can help students to progress in moral judgment. (MF)

How schools can be restructured to make them sources of ethical experiences is discussed in this article; responses to the author's point of view by other writers are printed at the end of the article. (JD)

In attempting to encourage students to "open up", teachers have tried such techniques as role-playing, improvisations, and panel discussions with varying degrees of success. Here, another worthwhile strategy, the guidance drama is used as a source of developing fruitful class discussions. (Author/RK)

Examines the relationship between patterns of communication (in groups) and group outcomes. Specifically, it attempts to reveal contrasts in the structure of communication between groups whose consensual outcomes are dissimilar. (Author/HMV)

An alternative approach is presented: to start from students' existing studying. In a structured group setting students are given an opportunity to draw on and share their personal experiences through working on an actual study task. (Author/LBH)

Argues that literature instruction should enable readers to find the connections between their experience and the literary work. Explains how discussions can be guided to focus on students' reactions, perceptions, and associations with a text. (MM)

The author provides background on the junto and defines its role as a voluntary discussion group attempting to solve problems. She describes recent uses of the junto at conferences and provides guidelines for planning a typical group. (CH)

Analyzed small group, videotaped discussions of friendship in which graduate and undergraduate students participated. Evaluated the therapeutic and educational values of discussion groups on "closest friendship." Found the peak experience to coincide with the discussion of the possibility for true friendships between men and women. Discusses…

Discusses a theory of leadership effectiveness in small discussion/decision making groups developed to facilitate discussion and goal efficacy. Develops four leadership styles (coordinator, inventor, enthusiast, and director) focusing on two critical questions the leader must address. Discusses implications of the model for leadership training and…

The authors, one a female student and the other a male teacher, argue that women in a male-dominated society are often silenced, even in the classroom. They describe and analyze the process of silencing as it occurred in their graduate seminar designed to explore the relationship between language and power. (Author/CH)