Personality and Learning Effectiveness of Teams in Information Systems Education Courses

Masashi Shuto; Hironori Washizaki; Yoshiaki Fukazawa; Shoso Yamato; Masashi Okubo; Bastian Tenbergen

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Personality and Learning Effectiveness of Teams in Information Systems Education Courses

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@ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155572,
    author={Masashi Shuto and Hironori Washizaki and Yoshiaki Fukazawa and Shoso Yamato and Masashi Okubo and Bastian Tenbergen},
    title={Personality and Learning Effectiveness of Teams in Information Systems Education Courses},
    journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning},
    volume={5},
    number={17},
    publisher={EAI},
    journal_a={EL},
    year={2018},
    month={10},
    keywords={Information system education, Software engineering education, Team communication, Team coordination, Five factor model, Personality characteristics, Problem-based learning},
    doi={10.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155572}
}

Masashi Shuto
Hironori Washizaki
Yoshiaki Fukazawa
Shoso Yamato
Masashi Okubo
Bastian Tenbergen
Year: 2018
Personality and Learning Effectiveness of Teams in Information Systems Education Courses
EL
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155572

Masashi Shuto¹, Hironori Washizaki^1,2,3,4^,*, Yoshiaki Fukazawa¹, Shoso Yamato⁵, Masashi Okubo⁶, Bastian Tenbergen⁷

1: Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
2: National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan
3: SYSTEM INFORMATION CO., LTD., Tokyo, Japan
4: eXmotion Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
5: Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
6: NEC Management Partner, Tokyo, Japan
7: State University of New York at Oswego, NY, USA

*Contact email: washizaki@waseda.jp

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to clarify the optimal combination of team members to maximize the learning effectiveness in information systems education courses. We surveyed the correlation of students’ five factor model personalities and the learning effectiveness, which is the amount of increase in team management or technical knowledge, and skill, which is the IPA common carrier skill framework based on SFIA. Specifically, we targeted were three actual courses (a System Development Project course, an IT Management Project course, and an Application Development Project course) to elucidate the relationships between personality characteristics and learning effectiveness. Although individual students’ personality characteristics are not strongly related to learning effectiveness, team personality characteristics are related to learning effectiveness. In particular, Neuroticism and Conscientiousness characteristics are negatively correlated to learning effectiveness.

Keywords: Information system education, Software engineering education, Team communication, Team coordination, Five factor model, Personality characteristics, Problem-based learning

Received: 2018-06-01
Accepted: 2018-07-20
Published: 2018-10-03
Publisher: EAI

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155572

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