Promoting and facilitating classroom discussions not only help students learn from one another but also help students understand and retain the lessons better. Class discussions encourage learners to interact in groups. Group interaction is a good platform for the construction of knowledge. Group members gain more than knowledge in the interaction, they gain communication skills and many more. Nevertheless, in order to come to a consensus or to solve problems in groups, team members would go through extensive communication. Some team members would stand out to be more competent than others. Some team members are more agreeable and want to remain likeable, while some need to be seen as significant. This study investigates learners’ perception on class discussions. This study is done to explore the different types of needs in group dynamics. 47 students responded to instrument which is a survey. The survey has 4 sections Section A has items on demographic profile, section B has 20 items for the needs to be competent, section C has 7 items for the needs to be likeable and section D has 6 items on the need to be significant. This study revealed interesting findings about the needs for team members to be competent, to be likeable and also the need to be significant. In the effort to be competent, team members are aware that asking for further information during discussions can lead to arguments. However, they felt that the disagreement is a catalyst for further interactions especially when clarifications are needed. The findings has future implications to group formation in class discussions.
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