Exploring The Relationship Between All Stages In Group Work

Abstract

Group work is strongly related to group development and is linked with many aspects, such as professionalism and efficiency in teams. Group work in higher education is a popular teaching strategy due to its ability to engage students and provide meaningful collaborative learning experiences through online and face-to-face learning. Group work allows students to tackle complex tasks that might be challenging to accomplish individually. It promotes the development of critical skills such as communication, teamwork, time management, and problem-solving. The purpose of this research is to explore the implementation of a group work approach in the classroom. The research was determined using a quantitative survey. The model reflects the stages of forming, storming, norming, performing of 107 respondents of undergraduate students studying from three multi disciplines at public university in Malaysia. In this study, all stages were found to have a positive effect on students' group work experience. Additionally, it is also found that there is moderate positive relationship between the stages storming and norming as well as norming and performing. Educators should monitor students as they progress through stages during group work and provide appropriate guidelines to improve the efficacy of group work in the classroom.