Monday, 4/4/2022
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University
Shawnee State University
Major
Life Science AYA 7-12
Presentation Types
Oral Presentation
Keywords:
Group work, student preference, efficacy
Abstract
Students in a science classroom will often work in groups for labs or group work, but oftentimes there are too many students or not enough students in a group, and this could arguably impact what students can take away from the activity. This study aims to determine if there is a group size that students prefer to work in as well as seeing if there is a most effective group size. To test the hypothesis that students prefer to work in smaller groups and smaller groups are most effective, an exit slip was given to students after every group work activity. This exit slip was anonymous, and students had to answer five questions based off of their group work experience. At the conclusion of this study, the results may be able to suggest the efficacy of the group size and a group size in which students prefer.
Human Subjects
yes
IRB Approval
no
Faculty Mentor Name
John Roush
Faculty Mentor Academic Department
School of Education
Second Faculty Mentor
Greg Williams
Second Faculty Mentor Department
School of Education
Recommended Citation
Price, Jessica, "Efficacy of Lab Group Sizes in the Science Classroom" (2022). Celebration of Scholarship. 7.
https://digitalcommons.shawnee.edu/cos/2022/day1/7
Efficacy of Lab Group Sizes in the Science Classroom
Students in a science classroom will often work in groups for labs or group work, but oftentimes there are too many students or not enough students in a group, and this could arguably impact what students can take away from the activity. This study aims to determine if there is a group size that students prefer to work in as well as seeing if there is a most effective group size. To test the hypothesis that students prefer to work in smaller groups and smaller groups are most effective, an exit slip was given to students after every group work activity. This exit slip was anonymous, and students had to answer five questions based off of their group work experience. At the conclusion of this study, the results may be able to suggest the efficacy of the group size and a group size in which students prefer.