Methods of conducting critiques of group problem-solving performance

Abstract

Four methods of conducting critiques (reviews) of group problem-solving activities were compared: (1) unstructured non-authoritarian technique, (2) directive or expert technique, (3) self-critique, (4) structured non-authoritarian technique. Each of four groups took a group problem-solving test, followed by a critique, and then another problem-solving test. An additional control took both tests without intervening critique. Group effectiveness was evaluated by experimenter-ratings. The more highly structured critique methods were more frequently followed by greater improvement than the non-structured methods. Unstructured or self-critiques did not yield significantly better performance than no critiques. 22 references. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)