A practical approach for converting group assignments into team projects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20294923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Russell L Pimmel (University of Alabama, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 273-282 |
| Publication date | 2003-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IEEE Transactions on Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-9359 • E-ISSN: 1557-9638 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1109/te.2003.808913 |
| OpenAlex | W2111360530 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 13 |
Engineering instructors frequently use group assignments to provide students experience in dealing with complex open-ended problems. Usually, they do not worry about training or maintaining teams, evaluating the effectiveness of the teams, or assessing the contribution of each individual. With the establishment of the ABET EC2000 criteria, ignoring these aspects becomes unacceptable. This report describes a practical method for converting a standard "group" assignment into a meaningful "team" learning experience and presents data showing the effectiveness of the approach. The approach requires some class time (less than two class periods in total) for training teams, for monitoring weekly progress, and for evaluating individual efforts. Also, it requires some additional instructor time (less than 15 h) for preparing instructional material on teaming, for assigning teams, and for preparing and evaluating student report forms on team progress and individual effort. Data from a senior-level courses show an improvement in the quality of the technical work, in the students' teaming skills, and in their attitude toward teaming that more than justify the class time and the extra instructor effort
Class (philosophy) · Engineering education · Engineering management · Knowledge management · Mathematics education · Quality (philosophy) · Team effectiveness · Teamwork · Worry · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Engineering · Engineering Education and Pedagogy · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods · Problem and Project Based Learning · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0.24 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2017 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |