Why Stable Teams Are More Efficient in Education

Authors

Francisco Zapata, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Olga Kosheleva, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

3-2017

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-17-26

To appear in Mathematical Structures and Modeling, 2017, Vol. 44.

Abstract

It is known that study groups speed up learning. Recent studies have shown that stable study groups are more efficient than shifting-membership groups. In this paper, we provide a theoretical explanation for this empirical observation.