scholarly journals Action Research On: Improving Participationof Group Members in Group Work, in Case of Mathematics Department, Bule Hora University

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Kumera Takele Yadeta
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Mathematics Department

Working in Groups: The Importance of Communication in Developing Trust and Cooperation

EDIS ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan D. Terry
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
Total Group ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Group Members

Working together in groups can be a great experience or one filled with stress and anxiety. The success of group work depends largely on the trust developed among group members and the respect they show each other. When an individual has had a positive experience in a group, he/she is more likely to take risks, ask questions, and share ideas that will benefit the total group. This 3-page fact sheet was written by Bryan D. Terry, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, August 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1378

Facing Loss of Vision: The Response of Adults to Visual Impairment

1981 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna L. Emerson
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Reactive Depression ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Social Group Work ◽  
Group Experience

Short-term group therapy, using social group work, was utilized to treat the psychosocial problems of two groups of elderly low-vision clients and one group of young adult clients with low vision (N = 24). Group members showed psychosocial movement in three phases: shock, reactive depression, and readjustment. Evaluations measured the change in attitudes before and after group therapy. At the end of therapy, 17 persons, compared to none before the therapy, were at the point of self-acceptance and readjustment. Clinical examples illustrate the interplay of intrapsychic and group-experience factors leading to readjustment.

Group Writing: Student Perceptions of the Dynamics and Efficiency of Groups

1995 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet K. Winter ◽  
Joan C. Neal
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Writing Quality ◽  
Student Opinions ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Effective Group ◽  
Student Grades ◽  
Learning And Achievement

Understanding student perceptions of group work should help educators prepare students to be effective group members in the classroom and at work. This study ascer tained student perceptions of their learning and achievement in group situations. The following correlations were determined: (a) There was a relationship between student grades and perceptions of the writing quality as well as perceptions of the amount learned about group processes; (b) there was no correlation between grades and student opinions of the quantity of work achieved, the type of person who hindered the group the most, and whether the student enjoyed the group work.

scholarly journals Using G-Suite Docs to Improve Students’ Writing Ability at SMA Negeri 1 Batuan, Sumenep

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Norani Yanuar Subandi ◽  
Hablil Warid ◽  
Sulistyaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Initial Condition ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Student Activity ◽  
School Year ◽  
Learning Management

The aim of this research were to describe the implementation of Using G - Suite Docs to Improve Students’ Writing Ability at SMA Negeri 1 Batuan, Sumenep and to find out  the achievement of student’s writing ability in Using G - Suite at SMA Negeri 1 Batuan, Sumenep. The approach used in this research was classroom action research. Data collection tools in this study were observation sheets of learning management through G-Suite Docs media, student activity observation sheets and tests. The objects of this study were 25 students of class XII IPA 1 SMA Negeri 1 Batuan even semester of the 2020/2021 school year. The research showed that the result of implementing of using G-Suite Docs showed that the students were more enthusiastic in writing discussion text and all students could respond to their group work by commenting on the process in writing. Moreover, the students achievement from the initial conditions up to second cycle. The average of initial condition was 66.6 changed to be 79.64 or increased 80% with the result of completeness reaching 92%.   Keywords: G - Suite Docs, Writing ability, Discussion Text

Going Beyond the Numbers in Teaching Financial Accounting: The Newsletter as an Assignment Option

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 1095-1117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue McGowan
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Assessment Task ◽  
Wide Range

ABSTRACT This paper examines the effectiveness of an innovative assessment task for undergraduate accounting students in a financial accounting course. The task required students to undertake research to identify current changes and debates within the financial accounting domain by monitoring a wide range of sources and using a newsletter format to present their findings. This task, designed to increase student engagement and interest in accounting issues and to present accounting as a dynamic, interactive social construct, is not case or jurisdiction specific and could be employed in a range of discipline and geographical contexts by educators. The implementation and review of this task within an action-research framework illustrates and reinforces the necessity of the iterations associated with action research to refine and successfully implement teaching innovations. Further, it demonstrates the significance of creativity as an effective tool for enhancing student engagement and the advantages of this assessment task for group work.

scholarly journals Engaging students of Engineering & Technology in positive Group Dynamics using randomly generated Instant Virtual Group (IVG) quizzes

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 10-43
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yousif Jamro
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Entire Class ◽  
Virtual Groups ◽  
Assessment Activity ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Group Member

A quiz template is developed keeping in mind the group dynamics to engage and encourage group work activities among E&T undergraduates. The Microsoft® Excel VBA programming was used to create random instant virtual groups (IVGs) and to select random questions. Although the IVG quiz selects group members randomly, yet the programming enables “controlled” reoccurrence keeping the entire class in alert state (i.e. allowing previous members from other groups to reappear and regroup). During the quiz, a small group cooperatively engaged working towards solution and at the end of each quiz question each group member is peer assessed by entire class following pre-set rules of engagement. At the end of quiz, the analyses are auto-plotted showing individual and group contributions flagging out, the best, good and the poor performers. The developed quiz workbook can be easily adopted for the reuse in any group assessment activity by simply changing the attendance list and question bank. The quiz template was used in piloting an epistemological study of various taught modules at different programme levels in various pathways of MEng-BEng and MSc Engineering programmes. The results of a survey analysing the effectiveness of such IVG quizzes using Chi-square test predicted an overall 71% net positive student’s responses with an average above 59% for various programme levels. Furthermore, the data analysis suggested that Level 4 and MSc cohorts comparatively need more tutor support in their group work as they have limited exposure to group dynamics. The significance of eye-contact and positioning of peers in-classroom randomised IVGs were also studied, which revealed that increasing separation between peers and their obscured locations obstructing their eye-contacts show adverse effects on group homotopy recommending maximum five members in an IVG creating effective cooperative communication. The random IVG quiz is tutor centred activity and mainly designed engaging students in-class active learning, and is suitable for small to medium class size of 30-35, nonetheless, large cohort size can be supported by splitting in batches.

scholarly journals Lectures and collaborative working improves the performance of medical students

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Luís Henrique Montrezor
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Collaborative Group ◽  
Digestive Physiology ◽  
Collaborative Working ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Collaborative Group Work

Snapshot: The use of short lecture classes associated with collaborative group work, which involved the elaboration of a portfolio, with well-defined modalities and objectives, improved the students’ grades and decreased the percentage of incorrect answers on tests. Most of the students believed that the collaborative work contributed to their learning about digestive physiology, and most of them reported being comfortable working in their groups, without feeling dominated by other group members.

Efektifitas Blog Guru Memandu Pengamatan Indera secara langsung melalui Model Pembelajaran Jig Saw di SMP Xaverius I jambi

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hastuti Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Individual Evaluation ◽  
Class Room ◽  
Individual Use ◽  
Human Sense

Internet blog can be utilized to assist learning in the classroom. The effectiveness of blog in learning was studied through a class room action research by using Jig Saw learning model. The results show that teachers' use of blogs in guiding the work of students in observing human sense through a model of Jig Saw can raise the average value of the working group from 68 to 83 (21% increase). Blog also helps the group work of below average students, indicated by the value of Q1 which is increased from 61 to 80 (31%). Individual use of sense learning material in blog also helps students understand the learning concepts, process skills, and apply them in everyday life, especially in keeping the senses healthy. The results of individual evaluation showed an increase from 68 to 81.

Fostering Intercultural Competence in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 116-126
Author(s):  
Eika Auschner
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Process ◽  
Double Degree ◽  
Individual Self

Within the ongoing process of globalization, intercultural competence has been identified as one of the key competences of the 21st century. Universities need to prepare their graduates for working across countries and cultures and have been focusing on the international and intercultural aspect of their programs. Research has shown, however, that the development of intercultural competence in students does not happen automatically but needs to be fostered and supported. Within an action research project, an intercultural group work was designed to foster the development of intercultural competence of business students in an international double-degree program. The analyses of individual self-reflections after the group work suggested that the group work provided students with international working experiences, and that the reflection process has to be structured and supported to foster the development of intercultural competence in students.

Chinese students’ group work performance: does team personality composition matter?

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-309
Author(s):  
Kwok Hung Lau ◽  
Qian Jin
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Group Performance ◽  
Chinese Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Team Personality

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate if team personality composition has any effect on group work performance of undergraduate students in China. Design/methodology/approach Using a questionnaire based on the Big-Five framework to collect data on personality traits, this study investigated whether in the Chinese education setting overall effectiveness of university students working in groups was related to the different personalities of the group members. Students of two undergraduate business programs jointly run by an Australian university and a Chinese university in Shanghai participated in the research. Findings The findings reveal that aggregated personality traits have no effect on team effectiveness but homogeneity in emotional stability among group members does have a positive impact on group performance. Based on a comprehensive review of studies concerning the Chinese education approach, it is believed that the outcome of this study may reflect to a certain extent the influence of traditional learning method on how university students interact with team members in group work hence affecting group performance. Research limitations/implications This study has surveyed 166 undergraduate students on their personality traits and performance in group work. A larger sample size can help improve the generalizability of the findings. Practical implications The findings of this study shed light on how group work can be used more effectively in learning through proper assessment task design and guidance from the facilitator. Social implications The outcome of this research also provides insight on how group work in higher education can better prepare students for the Chinese workforce. Originality/value While studies on relationship between personality mix and team effectiveness in business setting are plenty, there is relatively little research on how team personality composition can impact on group performance in education especially in Asian countries. This study is one of the first attempts to supplement the inadequacy in this regard.

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