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Likes Attract: Students Self-Sort in a Classroom by Gender, Demography, and Academic Characteristics
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Direct linkFreeman, Scott; Theobald, Roddy; Crowe, Alison J.; Wenderoth, Mary Pat – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Although a growing literature has documented the effectiveness of informal group work during class sessions, virtually no data exist on which students are collaborating. As a result, instructors rarely know whether students are self-sorting in ways that maximize learning. This article explores which undergraduate students worked together on each…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Heterogeneous Grouping
