EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION: ITS IMPACT ON STUDENT CREATIVITY, INTERACTION, AND LEARNING

Beigpourian, Behzad

doi:10.22047/ijee.2025.508342.2157

EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION: ITS IMPACT ON STUDENT CREATIVITY, INTERACTION, AND LEARNING

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Author

Behzad Beigpourian

Engineering Education Department, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22047/ijee.2025.508342.2157

Abstract

The world’s most reputable engineering education accreditation institutions have explicitly emphasized the necessity of acquiring effective teamwork skills, interaction skills, and creativity by engineering students. However, no research in Iranian universities examines effective teamwork in engineering education and its impact on student creativity and interaction. This research proposes a framework based on a theoretical model and previous research findings to fill this research gap. This framework proposes a method for using effective teamwork in engineering classes by suggesting appropriate methods for team formation, managing team dynamics, teaching effective teamwork, and conducting peer evaluation. Then, to evaluate the impact of this effective team model, three experimental groups were studied: Group 1, which carried out a class project in an individual activity, Group 2, which carried out the activity as a team without using effective teamwork recommendations, and Group 3, which experienced effective teamwork with the help of the proposed framework. Finally, the scores of creativity, interaction with classmates, and learning of students were compared using the one-way ANOVA method, and it was found that if teamwork is used, students’ creativity, interaction, and learning increase, and if effective teamwork strategies are used, students’ creativity and interaction increase further.

Keywords

Teamwork

team dynamic

creativity

engineering education

team creation

20.1001.1.16072316.1404.27.107.2.6

Subjects

New Schemes in Education and Learning

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