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Using Group Dynamics And Personality Characteristics To Form Learning Groups In High School Multimedia Courses, Kimberly Nichols Laprairie Jan 2007

Using Group Dynamics And Personality Characteristics To Form Learning Groups In High School Multimedia Courses, Kimberly Nichols Laprairie

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to provide insights into Emergenetics® STEPTM personality profiling as a selection and placement strategy to enhance process and performance in high school learning groups. An explanatory case study was conducted in a private high school currently subscribing to the Emergenetics® STEPTM program. Emergenetics® STEPTM Profile results of students enrolled in the school’s six Multimedia Productions courses were analyzed as the basis for learning group construction. Key individual thinking preferences (Analytical, Structural, Social, Conceptual) identified by the STEPTM Profile was the main variable of analysis. One learning group from each of the six classes (n …