1. _______________ allows students to learn in a community of peers rather than
hierarchically from the teacher alone.
2. Collaborative learning demonstrates on a smaller scale how knowledge is
A. Created
B. Improved
3. __________ identified patterns he considered to be useful in understanding how
small groups emerge and evolve relationally.
A. Ramani
4. ________ is the stage in Tuckman’s phases of small group development when the
group considers tasks, sets ground rules, and develops boundaries for their joint
work.
A. Storming
5. Tuckman’s second stage in small group development is
6. The _________ stage of interpersonal conflict is crucial to the success of a group.
A. Adjourning
7. If a group is able to work through conflict toward cohesion, the members will
move to the next step in small group evolution called
A. Adjourning
B. Forming
8. When the group begins to run more like a well-oiled machine, the members are
moving into the ________ stage.
A. Adjourning
9. Tuckman and Jensen added ______________ as a stage in the life cycle of groups in
1977.
10. Communication ___________ who are members and who are not members of the
group.
11. Shared, global understandings of objects, individuals, and process are known as
12. _______ represents social knowledge and commonly understood explanations of
“how and why the organization operates the way it does.”
13. The process of how members complete certain projects in order to make the
organization run is known as
14. The specialized words or jargon that organizational members use is known as
A. Facts
15. _________ demonstrate membership as the ay members describe their
organization. For example, Ramani may call her group experience a “tornado” to
describe the conflict that occurred during the initial meetings.
A. Facts
16. As a student, _______ are the repeated and common experiences you might have,
such as a study night or exercise routine.
A. Facts
17. More sporadic than rituals, ______ are formalized events such as initiation into a
sorority.
A. Facts
18. __________ gained popularity in the late 1980s/early 1990s as a way for feminists
of color to work with White woman toward greater equality.
19. To be associated, connected, and joined in a united front is to be in a/an
A. Group
20. According to ______________, (2009) to engage in an alliance is to be an activist in
order to created “powerful, meaning–making experiences” (p. 141).
A. Ramani
21. In our willingness to learn, we have to remember that ________ is on of the
quickest ways to learn.
A. Talking
22. For _______ (2008), dialogue is about people working together to name their
world.
23. Tuckman’s model of group evolution does not account for complexity within
group dynamics. Instead he assumes a rather _________ group.
24. _________ make common place experiences within the organization and contribute
to the overall reality of what it means to be in the group culture.
A. Rituals
25. ________ at its most basic level is about relationships.
A. Rituals
26. Communication constitutes groups and creates the everyday-ness of the world.
27. Facts in organizational culture are only considered the standardized,
scientifically-provable facts.
28. In an alliance-building group the members of the group often create a
relationship that outlives the class.
29. Reflexivity is the process of reflecting on what we think/believe and why, as we
try to keep an open mind that others may think/believe differently because of their
past experiences.
30. Dialogue means living in harmony with someone else.
31. While the storming stage of group development is common, it never involves
conflict over interpersonal issues.
32. Although Tuckman and Jensen’s model for group evolution is helpful for
understanding how the group will play out, it does not provide helpful information
for dealing with conflict.
33. As a college student, you quickly learn “general education,” “finals,” and “credit
hours” are relevant constructs as a member of a university organization.
Type: E
34. Tuckman developed a model for helping us understand the ways in which a
group would evolve. Draw a model that would represent the stages of group
development. Label each element and define the stages represented.
Type: E
35. Explain the role vocabulary, metaphors and stories play in an organizational
culture. Give a concrete example for each term (use the same main example to
illustrate the concepts).
Type: E
36. Alliance-building is a core concept within an organizational culture. Explain
what alliance-building is and why it is important. How does alliance-building
promote social change? Explain a time when you were involved in alliance-building
and the results of your effort (if you do not have an example, relay a story of
someone you know).
