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Development of a method to study student perceptions towards group work
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To compare the satisfaction levels of students, performing group work in different modes of studies.
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To investigate the correlation between satisfaction levels and perceived challenges and benefits related to a mode of study.
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To understand the motivations and pain points for a preferred mode of study to conduct group work
Project
Location
Duration
Instructors
University of Nottingham
September - October 2021
Dr. Brendan Ryan
Dr. Rob Houghton
Dr. Sue Cobb
Focus
Human Factors Methods, Questionnaire Design
Platform
Figma
Students from the COMP 4008 Programming course will be asked to complete the questionnaire post their coursework submission. The class consists of 300 students with approximately 50% attending remotely. Hence a balanced comparison between student experiences in face-to-face and online group work settings is possible. All students in the class use Microsoft Teams (MSTeams) within the University. The project brief for the 4 member groups is to develop a game using python programming language within a two-month period. The instructors facilitated physically present students to create their own groups and likewise for remote students.
The questionnaire was designed and further improved after a piloting excercise.
To compare the satisfaction levels of students, performing group work in different modes of studies.
To investigate the correlation between satisfaction levels and perceived challenges and benefits related to a mode of study.
To understand the motivations and pain points for a preferred mode of study to conduct group work
Conducting the survey and analysis of the data was out of the scope of the project. However, the primary focus was to create a method that captures data that allows analysis through a sound technique. The quantitative data of the survey will be analyzed using SPSS. Descriptive statistics will be used to analyze the mean and standard deviation of the data, especially for questions that ask about student preferences related to the online and face-to-face modes of collaboration. The data collected on Likert-type scales will be analyzed using Mann-Whitney tests to understand whether the differences in satisfaction between the online groups and face-to-face groups are statistically significant. The qualitative data, which will be in the form of short phrases and comments, will be thematically analyzed to determine whether any patterns emerge in students’ responses.
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