A support tool for student group definition

Work in group has become increasingly important due to the various advantages presented by this pedagogical method, when it comes to learning-skill development and students' socialization. However a teacher faces difficulties in dividing a class into groups in a quick and efficient way, which c...

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Published in2007 37th Annual Frontiers In Education Conference - Global Engineering: Knowledge Without Borders, Opportunities Without Passports pp. T3J-7 - T3J-8
Main Authors Tobar, C.M., de Freitas, R.L.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2007
Subjects
Collaborative work
Data models
Delay
group definition support
Logic
Memory
project group
Psychology
Software tools
student grouping
web system
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Summary:Work in group has become increasingly important due to the various advantages presented by this pedagogical method, when it comes to learning-skill development and students' socialization. However a teacher faces difficulties in dividing a class into groups in a quick and efficient way, which could lead to not accomplish expected educational objectives, because the teacher gives up doing the division task. This paper encloses functionalities of a software tool that aims helping the definition of groups according to students' characteristics and to educational objectives. To define groups, a rule and a class should be chosen. Rules can be created, stored, and reused in new rule creations and/or in new group definitions. Students' profiles are stored according to the IMS learner specification. The main objective of the software was to reduce the time that a teacher spends creating groups.
ISBN:9781424410835
1424410835
ISSN:0190-5848
2377-634X
DOI:10.1109/FIE.2007.4418176