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ERIC Number: EJ783297
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 22
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The Impact of Individual Ability, Favorable Team Member Scores, and Student Perception of Course Importance on Student Preference of Team-Based Learning and Grading Methods
Su, Allan Yen-Lun
Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, v42 n168 p805 Win 2007
This study explores the impact of individual ability and favorable team member scores on student preference of team-based learning and grading methods, and examines the moderating effects of student perception of course importance on student preference of team-based learning and grading methods. The author also investigates the relationship between student perception of course importance and their responses to social loafing. Results indicate that individual ability on the preference of team-based learning was affected by the three levels of favorable team member scores. For students with a low level of individual ability, the preference for team-based learning was significant among students with each of three levels of favorable team member scores (p less than 0.05). However, the team-based learning and grading methods was not significant (p greater than 0.05). The findings also reveal a negative correlation between student perception of course importance and their responses to social loafing (p less than 0.05). Findings note the importance of teachers' grading methods, student perceptions of course importance as well as individual ability and favorable team member scores in the team selection process to promote student attitude toward team-based learning. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Grading, Correlation, Cooperative Learning, Course Evaluation, Course Selection (Students), Cognitive Ability, Academic Ability, Self Esteem, Student Interests, Undergraduate Students, Predictor Variables, Social Psychology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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