Group Formation Using Shortest Path Approach

Group work is becoming more important in education. Working in groups give students the ability to share ideas, to enhance problem solving skills and to improve communication skills. Thus, group formation becomes a crucial issue in order to increase group capability. However in UUM, several college...

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Main Author: Khongkaew, Onchaya
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Language:eng
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Published: 2005
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spelling my-uum-etd.13262013-07-24T12:11:28Z Group Formation Using Shortest Path Approach 2005-10-31 Khongkaew, Onchaya Sekolah Siswazah Graduate School LB1025-1050.75 Teaching (Principles and practice) Group work is becoming more important in education. Working in groups give students the ability to share ideas, to enhance problem solving skills and to improve communication skills. Thus, group formation becomes a crucial issue in order to increase group capability. However in UUM, several colleges are located remotely and majority of the students do not own personal transport. These create constraints for group meetings and it will effect the group performance. Therefore, this paper proposes method for identifying groups using shortest path approach and we hope this approach is useful for lecturers who have a large class. We also believe that the approach can be integrated with other existing methods in group formation. 2005-10 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/1326/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/1326/1/ONCHAYA_KHONGKAEW.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/1326/2/1.ONCHAYA_KHONGKAEW.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language eng
eng
topic LB1025-1050.75 Teaching (Principles and practice)
spellingShingle LB1025-1050.75 Teaching (Principles and practice)
Khongkaew, Onchaya
Group Formation Using Shortest Path Approach
description Group work is becoming more important in education. Working in groups give students the ability to share ideas, to enhance problem solving skills and to improve communication skills. Thus, group formation becomes a crucial issue in order to increase group capability. However in UUM, several colleges are located remotely and majority of the students do not own personal transport. These create constraints for group meetings and it will effect the group performance. Therefore, this paper proposes method for identifying groups using shortest path approach and we hope this approach is useful for lecturers who have a large class. We also believe that the approach can be integrated with other existing methods in group formation.
format Thesis
qualification_name masters
qualification_level Master's degree
author Khongkaew, Onchaya
author_facet Khongkaew, Onchaya
author_sort Khongkaew, Onchaya
title Group Formation Using Shortest Path Approach
title_short Group Formation Using Shortest Path Approach
title_full Group Formation Using Shortest Path Approach
title_fullStr Group Formation Using Shortest Path Approach
title_full_unstemmed Group Formation Using Shortest Path Approach
title_sort group formation using shortest path approach
granting_institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department Sekolah Siswazah
publishDate 2005
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/1326/1/ONCHAYA_KHONGKAEW.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/1326/2/1.ONCHAYA_KHONGKAEW.pdf
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