Design and validation of a web-based system for assigning members to teams using instructor-specified criteria

Advances in Engineering Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-28

  Layton, Richard A ^a   Loughry, Misty L ^b   Ohland, Matthew W ^c   Ricco, George D ^c  

^a ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Cooperative learning; Team assignment; Teamwork; Validation

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE FACULTY; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; COOPERATIVE LEARNING; COOPERATIVE LEARNING TEAMS; FACULTY MEMBERS; FACULTY SUPPORT; INTERNET ACCESS; LARGE CLASS; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; MAX-MIN; PEER EVALUATIONS; PROJECT-BASED; TEAM ASSIGNMENT; TEAM COMPOSITION; WEB-BASED SOFTWARES; WEB-BASED SYSTEM;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77954729883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19411766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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