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Team Effectiveness Theory from Industrial and Organizational Psychology Applied to Engineering Student Project Teams: A Research Review
TLDR
In this paper, a review of literature on teams literature from industrial and organizational psychology to engineering education and to identify implications for practice and future directions for research is presented. But this research does not effectively inform engineering education.Abstract:
Background
Engineering student team projects are frequently used to meet professional learning outcomes. Industrial and organizational psychologists study teams in the industry settings for which we prepare students, yet this research does not effectively inform engineering education.
Purpose
This research review sought to demonstrate the relevance of literature on teams literature from industrial and organizational psychology to engineering education and to identify implications for practice and future directions for research.
Scope/Method
Phase 1 systematically reviewed 104 articles published from 2007 to 2012 describing engineering and computer science student team projects and sought to answer the following questions: What professional learning outcomes have been met by team projects? What negative student team behaviors have faculty sought to minimize? What literature has been used to inform development of teamwork outcomes? Phase 2 reviewed five team effectiveness constructs selected according to the results of Phase 1: social loafing, interdependence, conflict, trust, and shared mental models. Examples from Phase 1 articles and our own work explain how this research informs facilitation and assessment of engineering student teams.
Conclusions
Engineering faculty sought to achieve a variety of outcomes through team projects, including teamwork, communication, sustainability, and consideration of global/societal design context. They sought to avoid social loafing and conflict while building trust to ensure equal team effort. That few Phase 1 articles engaged the literature about team effectiveness indicates there is great opportunity to apply industrial and organizational psychology research to engineering education.read more
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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science
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The Cambridge Handbook of Computing Education Research
TL;DR: The Computer Education Handbook as mentioned in this paper describes the extent and shape of computing education research today and provides an authoritative introduction to the field and is essential reading for policy makers, as well as both new and established researchers.
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Interdisciplinary engineering education : A review of vision, teaching, and support
Antoine van den Beemt,Miles Alexander James MacLeod,Jan T. van der Veen,Anne Van de Ven,Sophie Jacobine van Baalen,R.G. Klaassen,Mieke Boon +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of interdisciplinary engineering education (IEE) research is presented, focusing on vision, teaching practices, and support in higher engineering education at the levels of curricula and courses.
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More missing the Boat — Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and small prototyping boards and engineering education needs them
Peter Jamieson,Jeff Herdtner +1 more
TL;DR: A range of prototyping boards such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and BeagleBone Black are described, and it is shown how these devices are being used in the authors' ECE curriculum in a range of courses for projects.
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