Towards formally prioritizing the activities of group course work inside student teams

Abstract

Learning to prioritize different activities effectively can help many students to become more efficient towards their work, managing time, energy, and stress. This paper presents an automated tool that helps students and teaches them how, as a team, can prioritize group work. The tool is based on a formal prioritization mechanism that encompasses a model and related process that takes into account the relative importance of each activity from each individual of the group. From individual judgment, the tool works out a prioritized list that reflects the group prioritization. The model is based on a sound mathematical basis to provide the automated support for the prioritization process that will be conducted by each team member while keeping the subjective viewpoint of each member. As a final step, the tool automatically computes the group final prioritized list of activities that reflects the team consensus.