The Impact of Collaborative Group Size on Students’ Achievement and Product Quality in Project-Based Learning Environments

Authors

  • Ensaf Nasser Al Mulhim King Faisal University
  • Amany Ahmed Eldokhny King Faisal University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i10.12913

Keywords:

blended learning, preservice teachers, webpage design, small-size group, large-size group, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

Abstract


This paper focuses on comparing collaborative group sizes (small versus large) in terms of developing preservice teachers’ skills in designing webpages using HTML in a project-based learning environment. It examines the effect that group size has on academic achievement and product quality in project-based learning environments. The experiment involved 74 undergraduate students enrolled in the sixth level of the Computer Teacher Program, Faculty of Education, King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia, during the second term of the school year 2018-2019. Study results indicate that there are significant differences between large and small size groups as they relate to students’ academic achievement and product quality, showing a preference for a large group, which disagrees with most of the existing literature. In this study, the researchers explain this disagreement and recommend new directions in researching group sizes in project-based learning environments in the future.

Author Biographies

Ensaf Nasser Al Mulhim, King Faisal University

Ensaf Nasser Al Mulhim finished her Master degree in ICT in Education and Training in 2008 from the University of Wollongong, Australia. She received her PhD of e-learning and training from the University of Plymouth in the UK in 2014. She is now an Assistant Professor at the Educational Technology Department, Faculty of Education at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia. She worked as Vice-Dean of the King Faisal University Center for Communications and Media in 2016/2017. She also was the head of the Alumni Committee at the Faculty of Education for two years 2015-2017. And the head of the Final Exams Control in 2018/2019 at the Faculty of Education.

Amany Ahmed Eldokhny, King Faisal University

Amany Eldokhny, PhD (Ain Shams University), is an Egyptian associate professor. Her interests lie at the intersection of instruction, technology and sociology. She has participated in various international academic projects. She has 14 years of experience with Saudi, Egyptian.

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Published

2020-06-01

How to Cite

Al Mulhim, E. N., & Eldokhny, A. A. (2020). The Impact of Collaborative Group Size on Students’ Achievement and Product Quality in Project-Based Learning Environments. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 15(10), pp. 157–174. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i10.12913

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 10 (2020)

Section

Papers