Small or Large? The Effect of Group Size on Engineering Students’ Learning Satisfaction in Project Design Courses

Pao-Nan Chou; Chi-Cheng Chang

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Pao-Nan Chou ¹ ^* , Chi-Cheng Chang ²

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¹ Department of Education, National University of Tainan, Tainan, TAIWAN² Department of Technology Applications and Human Resource Development, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, TAIWAN^* Corresponding Author

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group size
capstone design
project design
learning satisfaction
survey research

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Chou, P.-N., & Chang, C.-C. (2018). Small or Large? The Effect of Group Size on Engineering Students’ Learning Satisfaction in Project Design Courses. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(10), em1597. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93400

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Chou PN, Chang CC. Small or Large? The Effect of Group Size on Engineering Students’ Learning Satisfaction in Project Design Courses. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(10):em1597. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93400

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Chou PN, Chang CC. Small or Large? The Effect of Group Size on Engineering Students’ Learning Satisfaction in Project Design Courses. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(10), em1597. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93400

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Chou, Pao-Nan, and Chi-Cheng Chang. "Small or Large? The Effect of Group Size on Engineering Students’ Learning Satisfaction in Project Design Courses". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2018 14 no. 10 (2018): em1597. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93400

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Chou, P.-N., and Chang, C.-C. (2018). Small or Large? The Effect of Group Size on Engineering Students’ Learning Satisfaction in Project Design Courses. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(10), em1597. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93400

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Chou, Pao-Nan et al. "Small or Large? The Effect of Group Size on Engineering Students’ Learning Satisfaction in Project Design Courses". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 10, 2018, em1597. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/93400