Are individual students’ characteristics and academic performance associated with group-level functioning in educational groups? An exploratory study
Engelsk titel: Are individual students’ characteristics and academic performance associated with group-level functioning in educational groups? An exploratory study
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Författare:
Bonsaksen, Tore
;
Donohue, Mary V
Email: tore.bonsaksen@hioa.no
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 37
Dokumenttyp:
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UI-nummer: 17080114
Sammanfattning
Background: The recently developed Social Profile assessment
allows for classifying a group’s interaction behaviors within five levels.
However, empirical associations between the levels, and factors related
to an overall Social Profile measure, have not been examined.
Methods: A sample of 35 occupational therapy students was
recruited. Data was collected by self-report questionnaires, including
the Social Profile and basic sociodemographic information. Descriptive
statistics, bivariate correlation, and linear regression analyses were
performed.
Results: The basic cooperative level was most frequently found in
the study groups. In general, levels of social interaction were more
strongly associated with nearby levels, and more weakly or negatively
associated with levels representing more different behaviors. The
overall Social Profile measure related to the levels of interaction in a
mostly logical way. Spending more time with the group was associated
with a higher Social Profile measure, but this measure was unrelated to
individual exam grades.
Conclusion: Student study groups appear to operate at all levels of
social interaction, but most frequently at the basic cooperative level.
Associations between the five levels and the overall Social Profile
measure was mostly logical, indicating the theoretical accuracy of the
model concepts.