Aue, Emma (2023) The Effect of Writing a Group Agreement on Cooperation and the Influence of Social Cohesion on this Relationship. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Research has shown that cooperation among students has many positive effects including enhanced learning, performance, and motivation. In the current study, writing a group agreement was introduced to bachelor thesis students to stimulate cooperation. It was investigated whether the group agreement, in which goals and expectations about cooperation were written down by each group, did stimulate the perceived level of cooperation during the bachelor thesis project. Additionally, it was examined whether social cohesion influences the strength of this relationship. To achieve this, the results of an online questionnaire were compared between bachelor students who did not write a group agreement (2021; N = 57) and those who did (2022; N = 67). The data showed that the group agreement did not significantly increase the perceived level of cooperation. Moreover, social cohesion did not have a moderating role on this relationship. However, a regression analysis showed that social cohesion did explain part of the variance in the perceived level of cooperation independent of the group agreement. Further research about different and adapted interventions should be conducted to stimulate cooperative learning. This study shows that although the group agreement seems promising, it needs to be adapted and investigated in order to work. Keywords: Cooperative Learning, Group Agreement, Social Cohesion, Group Work, Bachelor Thesis Students
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Havik, E.M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Feb 2023 15:13 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Feb 2023 15:13 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1722 |
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