An Experimental Examination of Group Size Effects: Implications for Experiential Learning

Authors

  • J. Duane Hoover
  • Carlton J. Whitehead

Abstract

Some of our early research indicated that the size of experiential learning labs in the first course in Management had a profound effect on I) levels of student satisfaction and 2) levels of student performance on cognitive exams. To test the hypotheses derived from the earlier study, we assigned 400 students in the first course of Management to two types of experiential labs. One type of lab involving 200 student subjects, contained 15 or fewer members, while the other always contained 20 or more members. The experiment attempted to differentiate levels of student satisfaction and cognitive exam performance.

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Published

1976-03-13