Student Collaboration in PBL
Project Description
​This study was undertaken in a high school classroom that utilized collaborative project-based learning. I utilized mixed methods to examine how a collaboration level was determined in a project-based collaborative learning environment, where collaboration was one of the learning outcomes.
My Role & Responsibilities
As a lead author, I conducted literature review, designed the research, collected data through online surveys and in-depth interviews, analyzed data, and write-up the report.
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​Skills/Competencies Demonstrated
- Ability to synthesize literature and create a conceptual framework
- Ability to select appropriate data collection & analysis methods based on research questions
- Ability to collect data through online surveys and in-depth interviews
- Ability to analyze qualitative data searching for emerging themes
- Ability to deal with missing data
- Ability to analyze data using one-way ANOVA and multi-level equation modeling
- Ability to use various data analysis programs such as SPSS, SAS, and MPlus
- Ability to write-up a report in APA style

Project Artifact
​- Full manuscript: The role of intragroup conflicts in collaborative PBL
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The conceptual framework and research questions based on it
Hypothesized structural equation model
Multi-level structural equation model results
The conceptual framework and research questions based on it
Project Excerpts