Accuracy and Idea Consideration: A Study of Small-Group Interaction in Biology

The study examines the relationship between scientific accuracy of contributions, peer idea consideration, one’s ability to direct the conversation, and learning outcomes of students engaged in small-group work in an introductory undergraduate biology lab course.

Observing Collaboration in Small-Group Interaction

In this study, we define and test measures that capture aspects of collaboration in interaction within groups of three participants performing a task. The measures are constructed upon turn-taking and lexical features from a corpus of triadic task-based interactions, as well as upon demographic features, and personality, dominance, and satisfaction assessments related to the corpus participants. Those quantities were tested for significant effects and correlations they have with each other. The findings indicate that determinants of collaboration are located in measures quantifying the differences among dialogue participants in conversational mechanisms employed, such as number and frequency of words contributed, lexical repetitions, conversational dominance, and in psychological and sentiment variables, i.e., the participants’ personality traits and expression of satisfaction.

Exploring Grammar through Small Group Interaction Technique on Pre-Intermediate Structure Course

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the students’ ability on structure course at the third semester of STIT Muhammadiyah, Tanjung Redeb. Teaching and learning process in mastering the grammatical of English was conducted through Small Group Interaction technique. So, the teacher and students collaborate in exploring various grammatical of English materials. By using small group interaction, it has shown the students’ performance in learning grammar achievement.