The research on motivational factors of higher education students' participation in group assignments.

IF 2.7 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Acta Psychologica Pub Date : 2025-09-27 DOI:10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105590

Yan Ma

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Abstract

Group assignments are vital in higher education worldwide, however, the convenience of AI software and the unfairness of group contributions may undermine higher education students' motivation for participating in group assignments. The aim of this research was to find out motivational factors of improving students' engagement in group assignments. The research adopted both qualitative online interviews through WeChat and quantitative online questionnaires through Wenjuanxing. The research was conducted among 211 students who majored in Business Administration of a private university in China, with 52 students participating in online interviews and 186 students responding to online questionnaires respectively. The research showed that higher education students counted intrinsic motivational factors including responsible and communicative team members, interesting and challenging group assignments, and team progress recognition, as well as extrinsic motivational factor like grades a lot. Assignments with the flexibility to choose team members, interesting and challenging nature, team honor and progress awards, and a fairer scoring system could enhance students' participation and engagement in group assignments.

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高等教育学生参与小组作业的动机因素研究。

小组作业在全球高等教育中至关重要，然而，人工智能软件的便利性和小组贡献的不公平可能会破坏高等教育学生参与小组作业的动机。本研究的目的是找出提高学生小组作业投入的动机因素。本研究采用微信的在线定性访谈和问卷调查的在线定量问卷。该研究在211名中国私立大学工商管理专业的学生中进行，其中52名学生参加了在线访谈，186名学生分别回答了在线问卷。研究表明，高等教育学生重视有责任心和善于沟通的团队成员、有趣和具有挑战性的小组任务、团队进步的认可等内在激励因素，重视成绩等外在激励因素。灵活选择小组成员的作业，有趣和具有挑战性的性质，团队荣誉和进步奖励，以及更公平的评分制度，可以提高学生对小组作业的参与度和参与度。

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Acta Psychologica PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

5.60%

发文量

274

审稿时长

36 weeks

期刊介绍： Acta Psychologica publishes original articles and extended reviews on selected books in any area of experimental psychology. The focus of the Journal is on empirical studies and evaluative review articles that increase the theoretical understanding of human capabilities.