We review recent research on collective intelligence, which we define as the ability of a group to perform a wide variety of tasks. We focus on two influences on a group's collective intelligence: (a) group composition ...

A model of group empowerment within the context of Mexican organization is proposed and empirically tested. Studying groups in the workplace has attracted increasing attention during the last years from academics and ...

The present article discusses historic and dialectical conceptions of group process by Sílvia Lane, that uses like base for her reflections the presuppositions of dialectical materialism, when the author considers the ...

Working with farmers´ groups, associations and cooperatives constitutes a fundamental element of extension work with family farmers. Despite the fact that extension practitioners face many problems in this area of their ...

Objective: To assess time trends in the contribution of processed foods to food purchases made by Brazilian households and to explore the potential impact on the overall quality of the diet. Design: Application of a new ...

This research was carried out in Quito, at Comil 10 Abdón Calderón with first years of E.G.B. The research was made with two sections, the one A and the other B, taking the first one as the experimental group and the ...

The text reports the trajectory and presents an overview of the Agora Research Group productions, in three decades of participation in the debate on meanings built on the relationship between the educational process and ...