Former capstone students' team-formation priorities centered on interesting topics, preferred teammates, and skill or career alignment¶

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q1 i? In a satisfaction survey of 22 previous capstone students, three themes dominated team-assignment priorities: interesting topic, preferred teammates, and skill/career alignment. → Brandon Pardi 2026

Evidence¶

Brandon Pardi 2026¶

Brandon Pardi, Garret Castro, Michael Pisman, Avash Adhikari, and Santosh Chandrasekhar. (2026). Improving Capstone Team Outcomes through Dynamic Skill Matching and Preference Alignment. https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.15572 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2606.15572

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IRB-approved brief satisfaction survey of 22 previous Capstone students with seven questions on fairness, satisfaction, skills, and learning (Likert 1–5 plus multi-select priorities). The article reports that "Three themes dominated" student priorities for team assignment.

"Three themes dominated: desire for an interesting topic, preference to work with specific teammates, and aligning work with one’s skills or career direction."

Discussion¶

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