Managing group work in the classroom: An international study on perceived benefits and risks based on students’ cultural background and gender

Šerić, Maja; Praničević, Daniela Garbin

doi:10.30924/mjcmi/2018.23.1.139

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“…The present study suggested some strategies like regular monitoring, choosing tasks that required the group to work together and asking individuals to submit evidence of their contribution as a possible solution though time is a concern. This is in line with the suggestions made by Šeric & Praničević (2018) and Davis (2009).…”

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Effectiveness of Group Work in the Colleges of Royal University of Bhutan

Utha

Tshering

2021

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Group work has become an essential assessment practice to enhance students' learning and develop social skills in all higher education institutions. The study was undertaken to find out the effectiveness of group work. A mixed method sequential explanatory design was adopted with 181 tutors and 1241 students of nine constituent colleges of Royal University of Bhutan. The findings revealed that the students prefer group work and were aware of its benefits. However, the individual and group accountability were lacking leading to the presence of free riders. Further, awarding the same grade on a task irrespective of individuals’ contribution has led to increased free riders resulting in preference of individual tasks. Unless documentation is used for fair assessment, giving the same grade is seen as not a viable option in the current practice. Also, group work lacked interdependence due to division of work among members leading to limited opportunities for students to collaborate and enhance their social skills. Some of the recommendations are: to pay attention to group work design to promote interdependence in enhancing learning and social skills; to use documentation as evidence for group work assessment to minimize free riders; and to conduct a study to find out whether use of documentation in group work assignments leads to individual accountability.

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“…The lack of collaboration was also due to absence of individual accountability. The study pointed out that there is existence of free riders which was in line with the study conducted by Šeric & Praničević (2018). They mentioned the existence of free riders as the major perceived risk of group work.…”

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Effectiveness of Group Work in the Colleges of Royal University of Bhutan

Utha

Tshering

2021

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“…Along with this, it was found that the teachers considered their distribution of tasks and mark inequitable and unfair. In support of this, previous works showed assigning a task to the entire group instead of dividing for each group member, resulted in harboring free-riding while sharing of tasks reduced free riding and promoted individual accountability and greater learning gains ( Bailey et al., 2012 ; Chang and Brickman, 2018 ; Šerić and Praničević, 2018 ).…”

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Secondary school teachers' management and assessment strategies of free-riders in group work: implication for engaging the disengaged

Gedamu

Shewangizaw

2022

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“…A team leader is someone who guides and monitors team member and team performance to promote task and interpersonal advances (Northouse, 2016). A team member is someone who is working on a team (Šeri & Prani evi , 2018). Lastly, team development is defined as the different stages a team goes through.…”

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The Relationship between Eliminating Stressors, Developing Resiliency, Short-Term Coping Skills, and Team Development Behaviors

2019

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This research examined relationships between stress and teams. The sample consisted of females (n = 98) and males (n = 103) with experiences in team leader and member roles. The results revealed that 26-35-year-olds scored higher on eliminating stressors (p = 0.043*). Those who were unmarried, but in a relationship scored higher in developing resiliency skills (p = 0.031*). Those without children scored lower on being able to lead a team (p = 0.005**) and being an effective team member (p = 0.016*). All stress management skills were significantly related to being able to diagnose and facilitate team development.

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Managing group work in the classroom: An international study on perceived benefits and risks based on students’ cultural background and gender

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Cited by 11 publications

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Effectiveness of Group Work in the Colleges of Royal University of Bhutan

Effectiveness of Group Work in the Colleges of Royal University of Bhutan

Secondary school teachers' management and assessment strategies of free-riders in group work: implication for engaging the disengaged

The Relationship between Eliminating Stressors, Developing Resiliency, Short-Term Coping Skills, and Team Development Behaviors

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