Date of Award
1-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
College/School
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department/Program
Psychology
Thesis Sponsor/Dissertation Chair/Project Chair
Valerie Sessa
Committee Member
Meredyth Krych-Appelbaum
Committee Member
Manuel London
Abstract
This study examined the effects of triggers for learning and factors that lead to a group’s readiness to learn and group learning processes. A longitudinal study was conducted over a two year period with a new set of cohorts participating each year for a total of 129 participants. There were 40 male and 76 female participants with 13 not identifying their gender. These participants represented a total of 30 e-boards and residence hall councils’. The participants completed individual self report surveys which were aggregated into group level data. A regression analysis was conducted. The results suggest that triggers for learning and learning factors are positively related to group readiness to learn. Furthermore, it suggests that group readiness to learn is positively associated to group learning processes. Consistent with current theory, group learning readiness was positively associated with group learning processes supporting hypothesis one. Factors that lead to a group’s readiness to learn, however, were not found to be positively associated to group learning processes thus not supporting hypothesis two. Finally, boundary permeability was the only learning factor that was associated with learning readiness thus partially supporting hypothesis three. This thesis helps set the foundation for future research on group readiness to learn and builds upon the group learning literature.
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Recommended Citation
Pingor, Christopher Michael, "Readiness to Learn and Group Learning : The Effects of Triggers for Learning and Learning Factors on Learning Readiness and Learning Processes" (2010). Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 956.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/956