ERIC Number: EJ1048197
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 41
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
The Impact of Group Diversity on Class Performance: Evidence from College Classrooms
Hansen, Zeynep; Owan, Hideo; Pan, Jie
Education Economics, v23 n2 p238-258 2015
We combine class performance data from an undergraduate management course with students' personal records to examine how group diversity affects group work performance and individual learning. Students are exogenously assigned to groups. We find that, on average, male-dominant groups performed worse in their group work and learned less (based on their grades in individually taken exams). This gender effect is highly significant in individual learning outcomes providing evidence that gender diversity is influential in the level and nature of knowledge transfers within groups. The results are robust to controlling for the team governance form, a unique feature in our study. Finally, racial diversity had no significant effect on group or individual performances.
Descriptors: Evidence, Classroom Environment, Undergraduate Students, Performance Based Assessment, Administrator Education, Student Diversity, Academic Achievement, Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Individual Characteristics, Productivity, Academic Ability, Age Differences, Introductory Courses, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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