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Group performance can be predicted with advanced machine-learning techniques, and collaboration synergy depends on skill diversity, equal workload distribution and high interaction concurrency

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2019: tool and model accuracy changes quickly

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q2 i? The empirical analysis shows it is possible to predict group performance based on advanced machine-learning techniques. → Ludvigsen 2016 q2 i? Collaboration synergy, defined quantitatively as the deviation between average individual performance expectation and actual group assessment, depends on students' high diversity of skills, equal distribution of workload, and high concurrency of interaction. → Ludvigsen 2016 (2)

Evidence

Ludvigsen 2016

Ludvigsen, S. (2016). CSCL: connecting the social, emotional and cognitive dimensions. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 11, 115–121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-016-9236-4

q2 · i? · associational · r?

The editorial reports Cen et al.'s quantitative study in higher education courses (Molecular Biology Engineering and Freshman Engineering Design) completed over one semester, building on educational data mining and CSCL research.

"The empirical analysis shows that it is possible to predict the group ’s performance based on advanced machine-learning techniques."

Ludvigsen 2016 (2)

Ludvigsen, S. (2016). CSCL: connecting the social, emotional and cognitive dimensions. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 11, 115–121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-016-9236-4

q2 · i? · review · r2

The editorial reports that Cen et al. provide, through a quantitative definition of collaboration synergy, a direct measure of the deviation between average individual performance expectation and the actual group assessment, with the quoted dependencies.

"The synergy in the groups depends on students’high diversity of skills, on equal distribution of workload, and on high concurrency of interaction among the participants in the group."

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type claim
id machine-learning-predicts-group-performance-synergy
title Group performance can be predicted with advanced machine-learning techniques, and collaboration synergy depends on skill diversity, equal workload distribution and high interaction concurrency
description Group performance can be predicted with advanced machine-learning techniques, and collaboration synergy depends on skill diversity, equal workload distribution and high interaction concurrency
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 2016
recheck_by 2019
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