Small-Group Instruction. Theory and Practice

Olmstead, Joseph A.

doi:10.21236/ada955271

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“…Olmstead (1974) states that the instructor should create a "culture" in which groups can succeed. The instructor's responsibility is to train, guide, and manage the activities of the groups.…”

Section: Rationale For the In-depth Project Experience And Consultingmentioning

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The IT consulting model

Cameron

Knight

Semmer

2005

Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Information Technology Education

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The School of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) at The Pennsylvania State University has recently launched a unique Information Technology Consulting Track within the curriculum of the school. This innovative three-course curricular track was the result of numerous strategic consultations and partnerships with a number of corporations.To-date, activities associated with the IT Consulting Track have generated over $3 million in corporate donations of hardware, software, and monies. Accenture has recently signed on as the official corporate sponsor of the IT Consulting Track.This paper explores this model of real-world IT consulting education which relies heavily on fostering and maintaining many close corporate relationships. This model of corporate curricular engagement is unique nationally in that it requires close communication and coordination between professors, corporate services, Office of Development, and career services representatives. The School of Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State University is the first school in the nation to formally tackle IT consulting education at the undergraduate level. For Accenture, this program represents the first curricular sponsorship of an academic program that the company has conducted.A discussion of the rationale and composition of the IT Consulting Track is also presented. The faculty involved with the IT Consulting Track have also conducted preliminary action research related to the consulting model. A description of the research and findings round out the paper.

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Section: Rationale For the In-depth Project Experience And Consultingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The IT consulting model

Cameron

Knight

Semmer

2005

Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Information Technology Education

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“…Over the last two decades, social science teachers have become interested in small groups as a learning tool (Bunzel, 1971;Pape & Miller, 1967;Wallis, 1973;Olmstead, 1974). Those who have used small groups as a learning device have been enthusiastic and report favorable outcomes, but the evidence is unsystematic and anecdotal.…”

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Group Versus Individual Problem Solving and Type of Problem Solved

Smith

1989

Small Group Behavior

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This article summarizes over 10 years of research on the effects of disjunctive versus conjunctive and multistage versus single-stage problem solving in a classroom setting. By a comparison of real classroom work triads with nominal groups, it is shown that the real triads perform at the level of four-member nominal groups on conjunctive tasks but are not superior on disjunctive tasks. Group participation has a demonstrable effect on individuals: persons working in groups are less likely to drop out of class and tend to give higher subjective ratings of motivation to learn the materials, to perform better on independent tests of classroom material, to know more classmates at the end of the course, and to score higher on the Raven's Progressive Matrices Test than students who do not work in groups.

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“…Other categories were selected from published sources that describe various small group instructional activities. Particularly helpful were those containing summaries of a variety of small group instructional procedures (Olmstead, 1974;Stanford and Roark, 1974; Institute for the Development of Educational Activities, 1977; Sharan and Sharan, 1976). Based on the review of published descriptions, a preliminary list of twelve distinctive small group instructional activities were identified (see Table II).…”

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“…Olmstead (1974) has described a variety of such factors in relation to a number of small group activities. Items that might be specified in this category would include materials or procedures that would be produced in a subsequent stage of development of the instructional system, for example, training procedures or evaluation forms.…”

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Specifications for small group activities in instructional designs

Neale

1984

Instr Sci

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A format is proposed for use in systematic instructional designs where small group activities are planned. Derived from a review of small group instructional research and practice, the format includes the following descriptive categories: (1) identification of activities within the larger design, (2) instructional objectives, (3) role structure, (4) task structure, (5) reward structure, (6) evaluation procedures, and (7) support system. Categories and sub-categories are defined and applied to appropriate examples.

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Small-Group Instruction. Theory and Practice

Cited by 21 publications

References 3 publications

The IT consulting model

The IT consulting model

Group Versus Individual Problem Solving and Type of Problem Solved

Specifications for small group activities in instructional designs

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