Does group size matter during collaborative skills learning? A randomised study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Collaborative skills learning in the form of dyad learning compared with individual learning has been shown to lead to non-inferior skills retention and transfer. However, we have limited knowledge on which learning activities improve collaborative skills training and how the number of collaborators may impact skills transfer. We explored the effects of skills training individually, in dyads, triads or tetrads on learning activities during training and on subsequent skills transfer.

Methods

In a randomised, controlled study, participants completed a pre-post-transfer-test set-up in groups of one to four. Participants completed 2 hours of obstetric ultrasound training. In the dyad, triad and tetrad group participants took turns actively handling the ultrasound prob

SUBMITTER: Noerholk LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9313549 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature