Pros and cons of citizens' committees are given, as well as suggestions on the best way to plan and organize a citizens' committee to study a school-related matter. (Author/SP)

Forty child study teams were observed and verbal behaviors of classroom teachers in those teams were analyzed. Teachers in an experimental program stressing role clarification spoke significantly more than any other participants. Parents were most frequently addressed by other team members. (CL)

University Ball is a team game with a variety of strategies that allows participation by everyone. Rules are similar to basketball, and variations are unlimited. (JMF)

While there has been much discussion of using interventions other than training, no one has addressed the problems of getting one or more of them implemented. This article examines the use of performance technology, focusing on internal and external consultants, interventions (team-building, policies and procedures, simultaneous, consecutive), and…

Humor contributes to teamwork, creative problem solving, mental flexibility, and risk taking in the workplace. As a classroom tool, it increases student attentiveness and retention of information. (SK)

Explains techniques for students working on a team design project using tools of the Internet. Helps develop a better understanding of how to exchange binary files and learn about the successes and problems with exchanging these files over the Internet. (JOW)

Discusses being aware of other members of a team in a collaborative environment and reports on a study that examined group performance on a task that was computer mediated with and without awareness information. Examines how an awareness tool impacts the quality of a collaborative work effort and the communications between group members.…

A survey on learning processes received 90% response from 141 managers in Brunei. Individual learning was not significantly related to organizational learning. Learning within teams was partially related to organizational learning. Cross-functional team learning was significantly related to organizational learning. A three-factor model of…

Comparison of the performance of two information systems development teams similar in demographics and cognitive ability revealed that significant differences in personality type, as measured by the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, determined performance differences. Better performance was influenced by balance of types, good match between…

Looked at errors produced by 155 students developing spreadsheets while they were working alone, in groups of two, and in groups of three. Determined that synchronous team spreadsheet development is promising but expensive and does not seem to be a cure-all for spreadsheet errors. (JOW)

The Team Evaluation and Management System model for identifying creative behaviors displayed in performing a job, an example of the in-situ approach to creativity measurement, is described and illustrated. (MSE)

Looks at highly successful, noncorporate teams--U.S. Navy SEALs; the Dallas Cowboys; the Tokyo String Quartet; the University of North Carolina women's soccer team; the Massachusetts General Hospital emergency-trauma team; Boots and Coots, hellfighters; and the Childress NASCAR racing team--and discusses the secrets of their success. (JOW)