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Finding Collective Strength in Collective Despair; Exploring the Link between Generic Critical Feedback and Student Performance
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Breslin, Dermot – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Whilst formative feedback has been highlighted as a key element in both student satisfaction and learning, research highlights the dissatisfaction of both tutors and students with its effectiveness in improving performance. This study tracks changes in undergraduate student satisfaction and performance across three cohorts in response to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Performance Factors, Academic Achievement, Student Satisfaction
A Student Teamwork Induction Protocol
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Kamau, Caroline; Spong, Abigail – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
Faulty group processes have harmful effects on performance but there is little research about intervention protocols to pre-empt them in higher education. This naturalistic experiment compared a control cohort with an inducted cohort. The inducted cohort attended a workshop, consultations, elected a leader and used tools (a group log and group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teamwork, Protocol Analysis, Cohort Analysis
Student Groups as Learning Entities: The Effect of Group Diversity and Teamwork Quality on Groups' Cognitive Complexity
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Curseu, Petru L.; Pluut, Helen – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
Collaborative learning has important group-level benefits, yet most studies in higher education only focus on individual benefits of collaborative learning experiences. This study extends these insights by testing a model in which teamwork quality mediates the impact of several compositional differences (gender, nationality and teamwork expertise…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, Higher Education, Gender Differences