Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1971
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Maurice L. Pettit
Second Committee Member
J. Arthur Keith
Third Committee Member
Eldon E. Jacobsen
Abstract
The need to understand group processes in the classroom and to use them to develop more effective learning is growing among educators. The group and its dynamics comprise significant conditions for learning and work either for or against the individual's development. One of the most significant learning developmental characteristics that is readily influenced by group variables is the individual's ability to solve problems. Not only is problem solving ability influenced by group variables, but it is through group process methods that this ability is most effectively learned. Thus, problem solving is believed to be a social skill. That group variables do indeed so readily affect one's ability to solve problems was the subject of this study.
Recommended Citation
Lord, Gary Lewis, "Problem Solving Ability and Effective Group Behavior of Introductory Education Students" (1971). All Master's Theses. 1653.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1653
Language
English
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