<div><b>Background: </b>Purdue Polytechnic’s Tech12000, Design Thinking in Technology, course incorporates many instances of team work. Over the last 8 years, there have been varied methods of how to create the teams for the projects.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Purpose: </b>This study compares two methods of team formation, software generated and instructor/student-selected, to determine which, if any, method generates increased perception of team member satisfaction and increased team member contribution.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Methodology: </b>The subjects for this study were students enrolled in a design course at a Purdue Polytechnic, divided into a comparison group with instructor/student-selected teams, and a treatment group with software-generated teams. These students were predominately first year students enrolled in their first semester of college.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Findings/conclusions: </b>The researcher discovered that the computer software-generated teams produced teams that had slightly larger mean scores on satisfaction and contribution versus the instructor/student-selected teams, although not at a statistically significant level.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Implications:</b> The findings of this study provide another tool for educators, with possible implications for industry, to generate teams in the classroom.</div>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:purdue.edu/oai:figshare.com:article/8016140 |
| Date | 15 May 2019 |
| Creators | Mallory Claypool (6615641) |
| Source Sets | Purdue University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis |
| Rights | CC BY 4.0 |
| Relation | https://figshare.com/articles/INFLUENCE_OF_TEAM_FORMATION_ON_TEAM_MEMBER_PERCEPTION_OF_SATISFACTION_AND_PARTICIPATION/8016140 |
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