Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Year: 2018, Volume: 31, Issue: Special Issue, Pages:

Original Article

A Comparative Study of Team Based Learning and Individual Learning

Abstract

Learning a course for overall development of a student is the main objective of educational institutions. The procedure followed to teach a course differs from one institution to another. The best way of learning is the focus of study in this paper. This paper hovers light on the learning methods followed, and the analysis of them in order to suggest the better learning method among them. Taking 3rd year Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) undergraduates of two different institutions as participants, the survey was conducted by circulating the questionnaire including 30 questions on important courses of B.E. CSE. The analysis was started with hypothesis that Team Based Learning (TBL) is better way of enhancing individual learning. The results obtained were analysed by applying T-test and chi-square test, the results showed that TBL is the better learning method and the hypothesis was accepted.

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