Effective group interactions: some aspects of group projects in computer science courses

  • Authors:
  • G. L. Van Meer;C. D. Sigwart

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois;Department of Computer Science, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
  • Year:
  • 1989

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Abstract

Having students work in groups in a computer science course is excellent preparation for the realities of the jobs thestudents are likely to be doing upon graduation. Most software systems are of a large enough size that it is not reasonable for one person to do. Hence team formation is the usual response to a problem that cannot be solved by one person.We have taught a number of group project courses in software engineering and systems analysis and design, and have discovered that an understanding of the specific interactions that occur in a group environment can be immeasurably helpful. The principles that follow [4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12] apply to group projects generally.