assignment 81

Project-based learning How to approach, report, present, and learn from course-long projects

Harm-Jan Steenhuis and Lawrence Rowland

Chapter 5

Project teams

Conflict – part of the learning process

Conflict – part of the learning process

Conflict – part of the learning process

Academic theory on group composition

HOW MANY IN GROUP?

WHO PUTS STUDENTS IN A GROUP?

UNCLEAR/INCONSISTENT

� EXPECT VARIETY

Dividing the work

Dividing the work

Conflicts

• Fair grading

• Interpersonal conflicts

• Time commitments and free riding

Making it work

Three aspects of communication that

affect team performance

• Energy � number and nature of exchanges

between team members

• Engagement � distribution of energy among

team members.

• Exploration � communication that team

members engage in outside the team.

Making teams work

Setting expectations, help them perform

Example from appendix A

Peer evaluation

Conclusion

• Expect conflict and deal with it (requires communication)

• Expect variation in terms of team sizes, who forms teams etc.

• Suggestions for team orientation phase were presented

• Suggestions were made for how to divide work

• Suggestions were provided for setting expectations

• Examples were provided for team evaluations