Dear Colleagues, I use the following references when referring to requirements for success in teamwork: Woolley, A.W., Chabris, C.F., Pentland, A., Hashmi, N. & Malone, T.W. 2010, 'Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups', Science, vol. 330, no. 6004, pp. 686-688. In summary, this large research study found that performance is correlated with “the average social sensitivity of group members, the equality in distribution of conversational turn-taking, and the proportion of females in the group”. I also use Nevicka, B., Ten Velden, F.S., De Hoogh, A.H.B. & Van Vianen, A.E.M. 2011, 'Reality at Odds with Perceptions: Narcissistic Leaders and Group Performance', Psychological Science, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 1259-1264. This study concludes that performance is negatively correlated with “dominating” leadership. Peter Balan OAM University of South Australia, Australia From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Lerner Sent: Friday, 6 January 2017 8:01 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: gender balance in teams Hi all, I don't have the articles on hand, but my recollection of the research is that you want women to form the majority of a group here, and that it's not quite enough to just have pairs. Of course, you should take me with a grain of salt since I don't have the actual research on hand. Cheers, -Michael On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 4:24 PM Jim Sibley <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hi there is research in engineering education on gender balance in teams We don't have lone women in teams....better to pair women and have some all male teams I can dig the research next week if you are interested jim [Image removed by sender.] Educational Consultant specializing in Team-Based Learning [Image removed by sender.] Read my TBL book Getting Started with Team–Based Learning<http://learntbl.ca/book> Visit my TBL website at www.learntbl.ca<http://www.learntbl.ca/> Take my TBL course http://learntbl.ca/take-a-course/ and build your first TBL module in just 2 weeks _______________________________________ Jim Sibley and Amanda Bradley 106-2575 West 4th Ave. Vancouver, BC Canada h 604-564-1043<tel:(604)%20564-1043> w 604-822-9241<tel:(604)%20822-9241> On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Kirkpatrick, Michael Scott - kirkpams <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: This spring I have a class with a significant imbalance between men and women – 9 women and 26 men have enrolled. Any thoughts on whether to spread the women out, bunch them together, or it doesn’t matter? In Computer Science, this type of imbalance (10-20% women) is typical. In fields (like CS) where women tend to be underrepresented, best practices generally say that you should never leave a woman in a group by herself. Isolating a female student can unnecessarily aggravate variety of contextual factors (stereotype threat, impostor syndrome, defensive classroom climates, etc.). I can't say if similar effects happen in other fields, but this seems to be the consensus in CS. -------------------------- Michael Kirkpatrick Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science James Madison University ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click here.<https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1> Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website. ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click here.<https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1> Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website. -- -- Michael G. Lerner, Ph.D. Secure email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Assistant Professor of Physics 3-2 Engineering Program Liaison Earlham College Department of Physics and Astronomy 801 National Road West -- Drawer 111 Richmond, IN 47374 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click here.<https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1> Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click the following link: https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1 Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website.