Group formation in collaborative learning contexts based on personality traits: An empirical study in initial Programming courses

IF 0.8 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Interaction Design and Architectures Pub Date : 2021-09-10 DOI:10.55612/s-5002-049-002

Oscar Revelo Sánchez, César Alberto Collazos Ordóñez, Miguel Ángel Redondo Duque

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Abstract

Considering that group formation is one of the key processes when developing activities in collaborative learning contexts, this paper aims to propose a technique based on an approach of genetic algorithms to achieve homogeneous groups, considering the students' personality traits as grouping criteria. For its validation, an experiment was designed with 132 first semesters engineering students, quantifying their personality traits through the “Big Five Inventory”, forming workgroups and developing a collaborative activity in initial Programming courses. The experiment made it possible to compare the results obtained by the students applying the proposed approach to those obtained through other group formation strategies. It was demonstrated through the experiment that the homogeneous groups generated by the proposed technique produce better academic results compared to the grouping technique by students’ preference, traditionally used by the teachers when developing a collaborative activity.

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基于人格特质的协作学习情境下的小组形成:程式设计初级课程的实证研究

鉴于群体形成是合作学习环境下开展活动的关键过程之一，本文旨在提出一种基于遗传算法的技术，以学生的个性特征为分组标准，实现同质群体。为了验证这一点，设计了一个实验，共有132名工程系第一学期的学生参加，通过“五大清单”量化他们的性格特征，组建工作组，并在最初的编程课程中开展合作活动。该实验可以将学生应用所提出的方法获得的结果与通过其他小组形成策略获得的结果进行比较。实验表明，与传统上教师在开展合作活动时使用的按学生偏好分组技术相比，所提出的技术产生的同质小组产生了更好的学习效果。

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Interaction Design and Architectures EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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2.50

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15.40%

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审稿时长

20 weeks

期刊介绍： IxD&A (Interaction Design and Architecture (s)) Journal bases its existence on the following beliefs: - the complexity of today''s society requires the developments of new visions and new tools to address new systemic problems; - one needs at large to promote a deeper understanding of the interaction mechanisms, whatever the scale and the phenomena involved, from which originate the dynamic and static of the systems and all forms of architectures; - within complex systems, processes, architectures and cultural stratifications the focus should be always the individuals and their continuous co-evolution with the place that they populate; - the project and the ability to meta-design are central elements necessary to live consciously experiences, and above all those mediated by the machine. IxD&A aims to offer an interdisciplinary arena where everybody can present top level researches and discuss ideas on the future of technology mediated experiences in the field of communication, learning, working, entertainment, healthcare, etc...) a future that can be made possible by a joint effort in research and education. IxD&A, indeed, offers the ideal forum for meeting among frontier research, education, cutting edge technology development and application. Indeed, there will be no future if research and education will not be able to meet the world of production, or, in other words if we will not be able to transfer the ''lab'' into real life.