Abstract
To explore the influence of the group personality composition on students' engagement in the online discussion, correlation analysis was conducted among the Big-5 personality of group members and student engagement in the group. This study comprehensively used four measurement indicators of the Big-Five personality of group members as group composition: average, variance, maximum, and minimum. In this study, student engagement was divided into behavioral engagement, affective engagement, and cognitive engagement. The study found that the combination of the Big-Five personalities in the group could have an impact on student engagement, especially affective engagement. When organizing students' online discussion, the instructors need to consider the personality characteristics of the group members carefully.
Highlights
Since the beginning of the new century, with the rapid development of information technology, education entered a new era
TPD and the maximum of openness are positively correlated with student behavioral engagement; Team Personality Elevation (TPE) and the minimum of openness are negatively correlated with student cognitive engagement
TPD and the maximum of openness are positively correlated with student behavioral engagement; TPE and the minimum of openness are negatively correlated with student affective engagement
Summary
Since the beginning of the new century, with the rapid development of information technology, education entered a new era. As a typical representative of online learning, online discussion is commonly used in higher education because it can effectively promote interaction and feedback among group members, and further support learning achievement [2], [3]. Studies have shown that online discussion can support students' active learning [4], develop higher-order thinking [5], and social awareness and performance [6]. If students' engagement is low, the advantages of online discussion will be hard to show [9]. Previous studies have shown that student engagement is related to academic performance, knowledge acquisition, and motivation [10]. Increasing student engagement is considered as an effective way to solve the problem of "low interest in learning and high dropout rate" [11]
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