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What happened with the Heterogeneous Groups

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What happened with the Heterogeneous Groups

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Some students examined differences in shopping habits.

Korean and US students discussed differences in Western and Asian views of manga comics.

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There are factors that can have either a positive or detrimental effect on teamwork.

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What happened with the Heterogeneous Groups

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What happened with the Heterogeneous Groups

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The culturally heterogeneous groups involved:

widespread equal participation in the learning tasks

There was a greater diversity in the topics and views expressed.

For example, Korean, Swedish and US students compared the uses of mobile phones on the various public transport systems

Lithuanian, Korean, US and Brazilian students compared a picture of Tokyo with those of their own cities

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In the end it was discovered that the homogeneous groups held very similar views and typically relied on just one member to complete the report.

So, in the last 2 terms, the students were allowed to form their own heterogeneous groups, in hopes that more culturally diverse perspectives would emerge.

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The way in which students feel about their groups is a significant factor in collaborative  learning.

In the 1st term, the instructor had assumed that forming groups based on mutual cultural backgrounds would reduce the stress of collaborative learning in a second language.