Heterogeneously grouped teams show more benefits than homogeneously formed teams¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r1 · q1
Currency · newest study 1999 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
Evidence quality · No study behind this claim is a peer-reviewed article with a DOI: it rests on an ERIC document (a report, conference paper or thesis). It is kept because 4 design pages cite it; treat it as a lead to check, not an established finding.

Subclaims¶

q1 i? Heterogeneously grouped cooperative teams show more benefits than homogeneously formed teams, per research the chapter cites. → Kluge 1999

Evidence¶

Kluge 1999¶

Kluge, David. (1999). A Brief Introduction to Cooperative Learning. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED437840

q1 · i? · review · r1

In the Team Formation element discussion, the chapter states that "heterogeneously grouped teams show more benefits than homogeneously formed teams," citing Dishon and O'Leary (1984). No study details or effect sizes are printed.

"Research shows that heterogeneously grouped teams show more benefits than homogeneously formed teams (Dishon & O'Leary, 1984)."

Discussion¶

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