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Mentzer, Nathan; Laux, Dawn; Zissimopoulos, Angelika; Richards, K. Andrew R. – Journal of Technology Education, 2017
Peer evaluation of team member effectiveness is often used to complement cooperative learning in the classroom by holding students accountable for their team contributions. Drawing on the tenants of self-determination theory, this study investigated the impact of formative peer evaluation in university level team-based design projects. The…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Intervention, Teamwork
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Nagel, Robert L.; Pappas, Eric C.; Swain, Matthew S.; Hazard, Gretchen A. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
In order to train young professionals, instructional methodologies in engineering need not only teach students knowledge, but must also instill the values and teach the behaviors--"competencies" students can demonstrate--required of professional practice. Herein, we focus on understanding the values and behaviors of students with respect…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Attitudes, Values, Teamwork
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Shoemaker, Nikki – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2014
Both practitioners and researchers recognize the increasing importance of knowledge sharing in organizations (Bock, Zmud, Kim, & Lee, 2005; Vera-Muñoz, Ho, & Chow, 2006). Knowledge sharing influences a firm's knowledge creation, organizational learning, performance achievement, growth, and competitive advantage (Bartol &…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Knowledge Management, Sharing Behavior, Student Motivation
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Monaghan, Conal; Bizumic, Boris; Reynolds, Katherine; Smithson, Michael; Johns-Boast, Lynette; van Rooy, Dirk – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
One prominent approach in the exploration of the variations in project team performance has been to study two components of the aggregate personalities of the team members: conscientiousness and agreeableness. A second line of research, known as self-categorisation theory, argues that identifying as team members and the team's performance norms…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Student Projects, Computer Software, Programming
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Olson, Joel D.; Ringhand, Darlene G.; Kalinski, Ray C.; Ziegler, James G. – American Journal of Business Education, 2015
What is the best way to assign graduate business students to online team-based projects? Team assignments are frequently made on the basis of alphabet, time zones or previous performance. This study reviews personality as an indicator of student online team performance. The personality assessment IDE (Insights Discovery Evaluator) was administered…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Student Projects
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Pang, Elvy; Tong, Canon; Wong, Anthony – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
The increasing popularity of team structures in business environment coupled with the common practice of including group projects/assignments in university curricula means that business schools should direct efforts towards maximizing team as well as personal results. Yet, most frameworks for studying teams center exclusively on team level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Statistical Analysis, Business Administration Education
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Matta, Vic; Luce, Thom; Ciavarro, Gina – Information Systems Education Journal, 2011
Creation of teams in professional and student contexts has been well researched and written about. The research landscape can be divided into instructor selected and student selected teams, both of which have advantages and disadvantages. The purpose of this paper is to combine the two techniques for creating teams in an effort to maximize the…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Academic Ability, Student Attitudes, Peer Groups
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Lent, Robert W.; Schmidt, Janet; Schmidt, Linda – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
A measure of collective efficacy was developed and administered to undergraduates working in project teams in engineering courses. Findings in each of two samples revealed that the measure contained a single factor and was related to ratings of team cohesion and personal efficacy. Collective efficacy was also found to relate to indicators of team…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Undergraduate Students, Student Projects