Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sadan Kulturel-Konak

developed andvalidated an instrument to measure teamwork efficacy and interest and collected data toidentify the factors affecting students’ attitudes toward interest and self-efficacy inteamwork as well as their relationships. The preliminary results indicated that studentshad a high level of self-efficacy and a low level of interest, which makes it challenging toimprove students’ teamwork skills. We suggest that instructors could institute morerelatable, intriguing group assignments and emphasize the importance of teamwork in theengineering discipline; hence, students might make an effort to be more interested andhave a positive attitude toward teamwork.