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Creator |
ext-a8a89de67e6efa0c1e2852ccb3b1c7bd |
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Date |
2014-02 |
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p15527808 |
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repository |
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abstract |
When students can self-select their group members, a common assumption is that students
prefer to select friends from similar cultural backgrounds. However, when teachers
randomise students in groups from different cultural backgrounds, students are “forced”
to work together. The prime goal of this study is to understand the impact of two
group selection methods on how students from diverse cultural backgrounds build learning
and work-relations, using an innovative quantitative method of Social Network Analysis
in a pre-post test manner. In a quasi-experimental study of 2 ˣ 69 students, in one
condition the students were randomly allocated to groups by staff and in the other
students were allowed to self-select their group members. The results indicate that
students in the self-selected condition primarily selected their friends from a similar
cultural background. The learning networks after 14 weeks were primarily predicted
by the group allocation and initial friendships. However, students in the random condition
developed equally strong internal group relations but more “knowledge spillovers”
outside their group, indicating that the random condition led to positive effects
beyond the group. |
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authorList |
authors |
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1 |
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peerReviewed |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/216420 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/216421 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/216429 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/216430 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/216431 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/216432 |
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uri |
http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/216473 |
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volume |
18 |
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type |
AcademicArticle |
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type |
Article |
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label |
Rienties, Bart ; Alcott, Peter and Jindal-Snape, Divya (2014). To let students
self-select or not: that is the question for teachers of culturally diverse groups.
Journal of Studies in International Education, 18(1) pp. 64–83. |
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label |
Rienties, Bart ; Alcott, Peter and Jindal-Snape, Divya (2014). To let students self-select
or not: that is the question for teachers of culturally diverse groups. Journal of
Studies in International Education, 18(1) pp. 64–83. |
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1028315313513035 |
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Title |
To let students self-select or not: that is the question for teachers of culturally
diverse groups |
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oro |