Gender Diversity and Motivation in Collaborative Learning Groups: The Mediating Role of Group Discussion Quality

Autor/inn/en	Curseu, Petru Lucian; Chappin, Maryse M. H.; Jansen, Rob J. G.
Titel	Gender Diversity and Motivation in Collaborative Learning Groups: The Mediating Role of Group Discussion Quality
Quelle	In: Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 21 (2018) 2, S.289-302 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1381-2890
DOI	10.1007/s11218-017-9419-5
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Cooperative Learning; Group Discussion; Self Evaluation (Groups); Prediction; Teamwork; Cultural Awareness; Females; Higher Education; College Students; Learning Processes; Schemata (Cognition); Student Motivation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Kooperatives Lernen; Gruppendiskussion; Self evaluation; Group; Groups; Selbstevaluation; Gruppe (Soz); Vorhersage; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Learning process; Lernprozess; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Schulische Motivation
Abstract	Collaborative learning is often used in higher education to help students develop their teamwork skills and acquire curricular knowledge. In this paper we test a mediation model in which the quality of group discussions mediates the impact of gender diversity and group motivation on collaborative learning effectiveness. Our results show that the proportion of women in groups, and the group level need for cognition and core self-evaluations (within group average) positively predict discussion quality that in turn predicts group (academic) performance. Our results show that discussion quality fully mediates the effects of need for cognition and core self-evaluations on group performance. The effect for gender diversity on group performance is only partly mediated by discussion quality. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01