Group-evaluation of Presentation Experience

Concrete Experience

In this section of your paper, describe what happened in your task group experience. This description should incorporate your experience for both presentations. This description should contain both objective and subjective components. The objective part should present the facts of the experience, like a newspaper account, without an attempt to analyze the content. In other words, the objective part should describe the who, what, when, where, and how of the experience. The subjective component should describe the feelings, perceptions and thoughts group members experienced during these events.

Helpful hints: (1) Replay the experience in your mind. After reviewing the experience, write a report of what you saw, heard, felt, and thought as well as what you heard and saw others doing. (2) Avoid presenting the detailed mechanics of the experience unless they are critical to the remainder of the paper. (3) Avoid reporting feelings and thoughts you experienced after the event being described.

Abstract Conceptualization

In this section of your paper, use each of the following concepts/models/theories to describe the process of the task group as the group developed.

First, briefly define the concept or theory that relates to your experience as you would for someone not familiar with it. Next, apply the concept thoroughly to your experience. Does the experience support or refute the theory? Avoid merely providing a book report of what you have read. You should discuss in detail how you see concepts/models/theories relating to your experiences. Provide specific examples from your group experience.

Helpful hints: (1) It is sometimes useful to identify theoretical concepts first and then search out and elaborate on an experience that relates to the concepts. (2) A slightly more difficult approach is to reverse the above procedure and search out those concepts that apply to your experience.

Group Evaluation

This section of the paper should contain the following:

1. a report of the means calculated for each item of the leadership exercise evaluation collected from the class, and a total mean of all items.

2. a report of the means calculated for each item of the leadership exercise evaluation collected from your group, and a total mean of all items.

3. a chart showing the comparison between your group's and the class's ratings for each of your presentations.

4. a written description comparing your group self-evaluation of your performance with the evaluation by the class.

In this section, summarize the practical lessons your group has learned and provide an in-depth discussion of changes the group would make if it were to begin again. These ideas can be stated in the form of rules of thumb or action resolutions. (Future actions must be based on the experience reported in Concrete Experience.) You should elaborate in adequate detail how you see your action plans being carried out. Be specific and thorough. Present at least one thing that you have learned about each of the following areas:

One model of group development	Communication
Roles and Norms	Decision Making
Group Goals	Social Influence
Interdependence	Managing Conflict
Trust	Engaging in controversy/being creative
Task and Maintenance behaviors	Utilizing diversity

and a well-thought out description of how you will apply them in the future. For example, if you were to relive the experience, what would you do differently? Based on the insight you've gained about yourself and others, how would you handle a similar situation in the future?

Helpful hints: (1) Project a future experience in which you envision the implementation of your ideas and then elaborate on that experience as a way of demonstrating how your actions will be carried out. (2) Try to imagine the final results of your experimentation. What will it be like if you accomplish what you want to do?