NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schildkamp, Kim; Poortman, Cindy – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background: Data-based decision making can lead to increased student achievement; however, schools struggle with the implementation of data-based decision making. Professional development in the use of data is therefore urgently needed. However, professional development is often ineffective in terms of improving the knowledge, skills, and attitude…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Data, Evaluation Utilization, Information Utilization
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Seibold, David R.; Kang, Paul – Business Communication Quarterly, 2008
The authors pursue three aims in this article. The first is to underscore critical praxis as an especially valuable approach to understanding and enabling teamwork. The second is to offer four dimensions of teamwork--vision, roles, processes, and relationships--as salient areas to interrogate using critical praxis. The third aim is to consider the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Staff Development, Workshops, Teamwork
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ding, Huiling; Ding, Xin – Business Communication Quarterly, 2008
To help alleviate issues of free-riding and conflicts in team projects, this study proposes the systematic incorporation of project management methods to introduce a process-oriented approach to and a critical praxis in team projects. We examined how the systematic use of project management methods influenced students' performance in team…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Accountability, Evaluation Methods, Program Implementation
Sims, Henry P., Jr.; Dean, James W., Jr. – Personnel, 1985
This article reviews the quality circle concept, shows why its characteristics appeal to American executives, and examines some of its limitations. It looks at self-managing teams and discusses the reasons that adoptions have been relatively few. It then shows what organizational conditions are necessary for quality circles to evolve into teams.…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Organizational Climate, Problem Solving, Program Design
Magney, John – 1994
With the continuing shift toward more decentralized, team-based work structures, efforts to improve quality are often linked to efforts to improve productivity. This ongoing restructuring of the workplace has important implications for technical education. Educators need to have an understanding of how and why organizations are pursuing these…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Group Dynamics, Higher Education
Magney, John – 1995
In recent years, interest in teamwork in the workplace has increased noticeably. For technical educators, the implications of this emphasis on employee involvement and cooperation are clear: they should begin developing the requisite skills in their students before they enter the work force. The skill sets that are needed--in effective…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Group Dynamics, Higher Education