How does 'group project' facilitate students' skills in learning?

Abstract

Project-based learning is generally regarded as a comprehensive approach to classroom teaching and learning in which students are actively involved in investigation of authentic original problems from their daily lives. The objective of this paper is to provide a general overview of the use of group project as well as to relate this methodology with the general discourse of education. There is a question in group project learning. Why and how do group projects help students learning? This paper provides information on implementing group project.

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Index Keywords

Teaching Decision making Students Problem solving Project management Classroom teaching Communication skills Contracts Planning Scheduling Project-based learning Group projects

Author Affiliations

Department of Building Services Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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How does 'group project' facilitate students' skills in learning?

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