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Enhancing Students' Academic Performance through Teamwork and Classroom Response Systems: Case Study with Chinese Students

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Francisco Rodríguez-Sedano,

Miguel Á. CondeAuthors Info & Claims

TEEM'19: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality

Pages 732 - 737

https://doi.org/10.1145/3362789.3362836

Published: 16 October 2019 Publication History

TEEM'19: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality

Enhancing Students' Academic Performance through Teamwork and Classroom Response Systems: Case Study with Chinese Students

Pages 732 - 737

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Teamwork methodology and classroom response systems have been used in several educational contexts with positive effects. These systems are aimed to increase active engagement in the classroom and to improve the academic performance. In this paper, the authors present an initiative to implement these methodologies in a Chinese higher education context. The effects of implementing new learning methodologies on student performance and classroom participation compared to lecture-based learning is evaluated on a case of study. The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of teamwork and classroom response systems (well-recognized teaching and learning strategies), applied in a mechanical engineering subject, in the academic performance of Chinese students who receive their teachings in Spanish. The study was conducted in a quasi-experimental design. The target group was all third-year students (n = 71) from School of Mechanical Engineering in Xiangtan University for three consecutive academic years. We compared their academic performance in two subjects, one that implements two methodologies (teamwork and response systems in the classroom) and another with the conventional lecture-based method. The results obtained by the current study showed higher student engagement and a significant improvement in the subject in which the new methodologies were applied.

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Enhancing Students' Academic Performance through Teamwork and Classroom Response Systems: Case Study with Chinese Students
1. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Student assessment

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TEEM'19: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality

October 2019

1085 pages

ISBN:9781450371919

DOI:10.1145/3362789

Editors:
Miguel Ángel Conde González
Universidad de León
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Francisco Jesús Rodríguez Sedano
Universidad de León
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Camino Fernández Llamas
Universidad de León
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Francisco José García-Peñalvo
Universidad de Salamanca

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Urbina-Nájera A(2023)Atributos relevantes del trabajo en equipo basados en la percepción de estudiantes de posgrado y su efecto para generar aprendizajeInvestigación y Ciencia de la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes10.33064/iycuaa2023894251Online publication date: 31-May-2023
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