Learning effects of an international group competition project

This study investigates the effects of collaboration and competition on students' learning performance in a course of business statistics. The collaboration involved a simultaneously organised group competition project with analysis of real-life business problems among students. Students from t...

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Published in:Innovations in education and teaching international 2015-03, Vol.52 (2), p.160-171
Main Authors: Akpinar, Murat, del Campo, Cristina, Eryarsoy, Enes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement Gains
Business Administration Education
Business education
business statistics
Collaboration
College Students
Colleges & universities
Comparative Analysis
Comparative Education
Comparative Testing
Competition
Cooperative Learning
Educational Practices
Educational Strategies
Effects
Finland
Foreign Countries
international competition
International Studies
Learning
Learning Processes
Participant Satisfaction
Performance Based Assessment
Problem Based Learning
Questionnaires
real-life project
Spain
Statistical Analysis
Statistical data
Statistics
Student Experience
Student Projects
Student Surveys
Students
Teaching Methods
Teamwork
Turkey
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Summary:This study investigates the effects of collaboration and competition on students' learning performance in a course of business statistics. The collaboration involved a simultaneously organised group competition project with analysis of real-life business problems among students. Students from the following schools participated: JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Finland, Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain, and Sabanci University in Turkey. The results support earlier literature on positive impacts of group collaboration on learning performance but deny any negative impacts of competition. It is also found out that learning performance may be influenced to a certain degree by cultural differences in perceptions towards collaboration and competition. Overall the international competition and the touch to real-life business problems stimulate students' engagement and result in enhanced learning towards becoming 'intelligent consumers of business statistics'.
ISSN:1470-3297
1470-3300
DOI:10.1080/14703297.2014.880656