ANALYZING THE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH ACHIEVEMNET THROUGH COOPERATIVE GROUP DISCUSSION

The power of talk: developing discriminatory group norms through discussion.

Research has shown that group discussion can increase intergroup prejudice and discrimination. However, we know little about the process by which discussion has this effect. Therefore, four studies were conducted in a real-world context to investigate this process. Results suggest that discussing a negative societal stereotype (relative to individual rumination in Studies 1 and 3 and alternativ...

Using Cooperative Group Feedback and Cooperative Group Writing in Writing Classes

The present study compared the effect of cooperative group feedback and cooperative group writing techniques in writing classes. Accordingly, 90 male and female intermediate English language learners sat for a sample piloted Preliminary English Test and 60 who scored one standard deviation above and below the mean were selected as the main participants. Both groups were taught the same course b...

Comparison of the Effect of Teaching through Lecture and Group Discussion on Nursing Students' Communication Skills with Patients

Introduction: Teaching through group discussion is one of the student-oriented (centered) instructional methods. This study was performed to compare the effect of teaching through lecture and group discussion on nursing students' communication skills with patients in year 2008. Methods: This was a quasi experimental study performed on a population of 57 students of first (n=29) and third semes...

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The evolution of cooperative breeding through group augmentation.

Some individuals (helpers) in cooperatively breeding species provide alloparental care and often suppress their own reproduction. Kin selection is clearly an important explanation for such behaviour, but a possible alternative is group augmentation where individuals survive or reproduce better in large groups and where it therefore pays to recruit new members to the group. The evolutionary stab...