Facilitator- and Self-Directed Groups

Self‐managed learning groups in higher education: Students' perceptions of process and outcomes

“…An additional set of items was developed to assess overall learning group outcomes. The processes used by working groups have been differentiated into task and socio‐emotional domains (Forsyth, 1990; Schein, 1988), and these are usually discussed in terms of contributing to group productivity and member satisfaction respectively (Dick, 1991). Accordingly, students were asked to rate the following questions on a 7‐point scale (1 not at all ‐ 7 very ): ‘Given the purpose of your learning group, how productive in achieving its task do you consider your group to be?’, ‘How personally satisfying or enjoyable an experience was being a member of this group?’, and ‘Overall, how effective as a learning experience was this group for you?’…”