Group Dynamics

Overview

• Basic Nature of Groups and How They Develop - http://www.managementhelp.org/grp_skll/theory/theory.htm

• Experiential Learning - http://www.wilderdom.com/experiential/

• 7 Key Questions About Groups - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/special.htm

PowerPoint Presentations on the Key Elements of Groups taken from Donelson R. Forsyth's University of Richmond Jepson School of Leadership Studies Group Resources Page - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/#10

• An Introduction to Group Dynamics - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/1%20Introduction.ppt#314,4,Introduction to Group Dynamics

• Formation - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/4%20Formation.ppt

• The Individual and the Group - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/3%20Individual%20and%20the%20Group.ppt

• Studying Groups - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/2%20Methods.ppt

• Cohesion and Development - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/5%20Cohesion%20and%20Development.ppt

• Structure - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/6%20Structure.ppt

• Influence - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/7%20Influence.ppt

• Power - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/8%20Power.ppt

• Performance - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/9%20Performance.ppt

• Decision Making - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/10%20Decision%20Making.ppt

• Leadership - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/11%20Leadership.ppt

• Conflict - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/12%20Conflict.ppt

• Intergroup Relations - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/13%20Intergroup%20Relations.ppt

• Groups in Context - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/14%20Groups%20in%20Context.ppt

• Groups and Change - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/15%20Groups%20and%20Change.ppt

• Crowds and Collectives - http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/16%20Crowds%20and%20Collectives.ppt

Tuckman's Stage Model of Group Development

• Overview - http://www.infed.org/thinkers/tuckman.htm

• Atherton's modificationof Tuckman - http://146.227.1.20/~jamesa//teaching/group_development.htm

Groups in the Classroom

• Article "Group Dynamics in the Classroom" - http://www.jstor.org/view/08853525/di984760/98p01982/0?frame=noframe&userID=8119105c@drexel.edu/01cce4406500501b062ab&dpi=3&config=jstor

• Paper "Restructuring the Classroom:  Conditions for Productive Small Groups" - http://www.jstor.org/view/00346543/ap040297/04a00020/0

• The Jigsaw Classroom - http://www.jigsaw.org/

• The Dynamics of Learning Groups:  Meeting the Needs of All Students - http://adhd.kids.tripod.com/groups.html

• Article "Strategy:  Managing Group Learning with 3-5 Computers" - http://reinvent.k12.wv.us/lt/ltstrat.nsf/0/0264f4df1e6a58b9852568e8005736f3?OpenDocument

• Using Walsh's Classroom Sociometrics (includes ideas on seating arrangements) - http://www.classroomsociometrics.com/process.htm

• Article "Classroom Seating:  More than Meets the Eye" - http://www.snet.net/features/issues/articles/1998/08210101.shtml

Cooperative Learning

• Overview - http://www.co-operation.org/pages/overviewpaper.html

• Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota - http://www.co-operation.org/

• Roles and Social Interaction - http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/learner/cooplrn/c1.html

The Hawthorn Studies

• Overview - http://www.12manage.com/methods_mayo_hawthorne_effect.html

• Article "The Hawthorn Studies Reevaluted" - http://www.jstor.org/view/00031224/di974394/97p02202/0

Zimbardo's Prison Experiment

• Overview Slideshow - http://www.zimbardo.com/zimbardo.html