ERIC Number: EJ1131431
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Teaching Teamwork: Electronics Instruction in a Collaborative Environment
Horwitz, Paul; von Davier, Alina; Chamberlain, John; Koon, Al; Andrews, Jessica; McIntyre, Cynthia
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v41 n6 p341-343 2017
The Teaching Teamwork Project is using an online simulated electronic circuit, running on multiple computers, to assess students' abilities to work together as a team. We pose problems that must be tackled collaboratively, and log students' actions as they attempt to solve them. Team members are isolated from one another and can communicate only through an online chat channel, but modifications to the circuit made by any team member, insofar as they alter the behavior of the circuit, can affect measurements made by the others. We log all relevant student actions, including calculations (using an online calculator), measurements (using an online multimeter), inter-student communications, and alterations made by the students to the circuit itself. Automated analysis of the resulting data sheds light on the problem-solving strategy of each team, sometimes with surprising results.
Descriptors: Teamwork, Cooperative Learning, Electronics, Equipment, Computer Simulation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Student Evaluation, Problem Solving, Computer Mediated Communication, Computation, Measurement Techniques, Measurement Equipment, Outcomes of Education, Task Analysis, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Internet, Partnerships in Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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