Leveraging Group Diversity to Improve Student Learning.

Management of classroom diversity may contribute to creating a structured collaborative learning environment that supports student learning. This research explores whether leveraging students' diverse skills and cultural backgrounds through teamwork improves student performance in finance courses. The study involved seven sections of the Introductory Finance course, offered in a hybrid modality, across two semesters. Results indicate that the classroom intervention effectively generated more culturally diverse groups. Additionally, students in more diverse teams performed significantly better in perceived learning and the actual class performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]