Explaining the Composition of Design Teams based on Students' Learning Preferences for Team Design Training (Case Study: Preparatory Design Course II)

Khorshidi, Babak; Dezhdar, Omid; Haghighi, Saied

doi:10.48301/kssa.2024.448473.2865

Explaining the Composition of Design Teams based on Students' Learning Preferences for Team Design Training (Case Study: Preparatory Design Course II)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Babak Khorshidi ¹

Omid Dezhdar ²

Saied Haghighi ³

¹ PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.

10.48301/kssa.2024.448473.2865

Abstract

The present study aimed to predict the performance of design teams by using the learning preferences of students to achieve the appropriate team composition. This study was applied in terms of purpose and used a descriptive-correlational research method. The statistical population included all architectural engineering students in Architectural Preparatory Design Course II in Sanandaj city, of which 57 students were selected using the convenience sampling method. Kolb's experiential learning inventory was used to collect the initial data on students’ learning preferences in two dimensions of perceiving information (abstract conceptualization/concrete experience) and processing information (active experimentation/ reflective observation). A researcher-made, 36-item questionnaire was used to collect data on the performance of design teams in two parts, content and process. The analysis of the data showed a significant correlation between the learning preferences of the students in the two dimensions of perception and processing information with the team's performance in the process and design content sections, respectively. Based on the results, to create a team with optimal performance in the process section, the composition should be such that the average learning preferences of students in the dimension of perceiving information are oriented toward concrete experience. For optimal performance in the content section of team design, the average learning preferences of students in the dimension of processing information should be oriented towards active experimentation. In addition, the modulating variables of diversity and team size had a negative effect on the relationship between perceiving and the process section, but the relationship between processing and the content section had a positive effect.

Keywords

Team Design Training

Team Composition

Learning Preferences

Team Diversity

Team Size

Subjects

Art and Architecture

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