Social Loafing on Group Projects

By P. Aggarwal, C. O’Brien. 2008

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Student Engagement and Marketing Classes (2011, background): “(2002), Results reported herein Recommend explicitly identifying course intentions to articulate relevance to future professional employment as a course pedagogical objective. Encourage writing assignments that have students attempt to make these linkages on their own, perhaps based on articles, suc”
The problem of free-riding in group projects: Looking beyond social loafing as reason for non-contribution (2013, methodology): “However, despite previous studies having examined the concern (e.g. Aggarwal and O’Brien, 2008), it is an ongoing problem that negatively affects the benefit of group projects.”
An Examination of Socially Destructive Behaviors in Group Work (2011, background): “They may also be able to exclude the loafing student from participating in the project to minimize any harm to the group as a whole if loafing persists (Aggarwal & O’Brien, 2008; O’Sullivan et al., 1996).”
The Effects Of Using Collaborative Learning To Enhance Students English Speaking Achievement (2011, methodology): “The questionnaire was taken from Brown‟s (2008) questionnaire about collaborative learning using a four-rating scale ranging from strongly agree (4), agree (3), disagree (2) and strongly disagree (1).”