Student Groups as Learning Entities: The Effect of Group Diversity and Teamwork Quality on Groups' Cognitive Complexity

Autor/inn/en	Curseu, Petru L.; Pluut, Helen
Titel	Student Groups as Learning Entities: The Effect of Group Diversity and Teamwork Quality on Groups' Cognitive Complexity
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 38 (2013) 1, S.87-103 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2011.565122
Schlagwörter	Cooperative Learning; Teamwork; Higher Education; Gender Differences; Student Diversity; College Students; Cognitive Processes; Motivation; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Group Dynamics; Interpersonal Communication; Planning; Group Unity; Cognitive Mapping; Business Administration Education; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kooperatives Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Collegestudent; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Ausland; Fragebogen; Gruppendynamik; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Gruppenidentität; Niederlande
Abstract	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 diversity, as well as need for cognition disparity) on groups' cognitive complexity in a sample of 159 student groups. The results support the mediating role of teamwork quality, and have important practical implications for the design of student groups in higher education. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10