Characterizing Team Orientations and Academic Performance in Cooperative Project-Based Learning Environments

Autor: Alejandra J. Magana, Tugba Karabiyik, Aparajita Jaiswal, Paul Thomas
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Education Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 520, p 520 (2021)
Education Sciences
Volume 11
Issue 9
ISSN: 2227-7102
Popis: Information technology professionals are required to possess both technical and professional skills while functioning in teams. Higher education institutions are promoting teamwork by engaging students in cooperative and project-based learning environments. We characterized teams based on their collective orientations and evaluated their team performance in a cooperative project-based learning environment situated in a sophomore-level systems analysis and design course. We explored the orientation patterns in terms of goals, roles, processes, and interpersonal relations (GRPI). Specifically, we analyzed team retrospectives of 23 teams using a mixed-method approach. Findings characterized teams into balanced and unbalanced orientations. Teams with balanced orientations demonstrated a higher level of team performance in terms of academic achievement than the unbalanced category.
Databáze: OpenAIRE