  Projects and Practices in Physics (P$^3$) is an introductory physics class at
Michigan State University that replaces lectures with a problem based learning
environment. To promote the development of group based practices, students all
receive group and individual feedback at the end of each week. The groups are
comprised of four students, one of which often takes on the role of being the
group's "leader." Developing leadership based skills is a specific learning
goal of the P$^3$ learning environment and the goal of this research is to
examine what leadership-specific actions/traits students in P$^3$ demonstrate
while working in their group. The initial phase of this study examined multiple
pieces of literature to identify possible characteristics and behaviors that
may present themselves in potential leaders -- creating a codebook. This phase
of the study applies the codebook to in-class data to compare two tutor-labeled
leaders and their leadership styles.
