Shows how a technique taken from the world of management can be used for selecting textbooks in such a way that involves everyone on a teaching team. Shows how selection criteria can be established and weighed, and how coursebooks can be selected using these criteria. (11 references) (Author/CK)

Notes that writing narrative stories about students' own lives has been shown to help children develop personal, social, and cultural connections. Explains a project in which second graders expanded their knowledge of their community and deepened their understanding of the reading and writing process. Describes the process in which the students…

Investigated the effects of cooperative learning on achievement in and attitudes toward mathematics among fifth graders of color in a culture different from that of the United States (Bermuda). Participants completed parts of the California Achievement Test and Penelope Peterson's Attitude Toward Mathematics Scale. Pre-test and post-test data…

Discusses collaboration and collaboration strategies used within neighborhood schools to support inclusive education. Views values and skills required for collaboration, describes strategies for collaboration with parents and students with disabilities, provides guidelines for collaborative teaching, and suggests strategies to schedule team…

Argues that change is the rule rather than the exception for community college boards and provides suggestions for reducing the negative consequences of change. Discusses strategies for building effective teams and maintaining board unity and reviews the role of the chair during change. Describes a quality-based strategy for forming effective…

A study of 611 occupational therapists investigated the impact of inclusion on public school occupational therapy. The respondents indicated that inclusion did impact service delivery and the skills of students with disabilities. Responses to the questionnaire also indicated active involvement in inclusion planning and collaborative intervention…

This article describes a collaborative process that parents, teachers, consumers, and advocacy groups in North Carolina used to successfully establish a permanently funded university training program specializing in visual impairments, the Visual Impairment Training Program. Within this process several factors were identified that contributed to…

Describes the development of online courses at Penn State's World Campus, a virtual university that employs information technology to deliver academic programs to adult learners worldwide. Discusses the team development process, including instructional designers and faculty; communication; evaluation; and faculty opinions. (LRW)

The evolution of Project Adventure's Full Value Contract from its original No Discount format is described. Although wording varies among groups, all versions ask the group to create safe and respectful behavioral norms under which it will operate, to commit to those norms, and to accept a shared responsibility for their maintenance. (TD)

While working and playing together at camp, staff often work through most, if not all, of the stages of group formation, commonly referred to as forming, storming, norming, performing, and finally, transforming. Ten adventure-based games and activities are presented to help camp directors train staff and help them progress through these stages.…

The "Talking with TJ" teamwork-building series is a video-based program designed to promote social/emotional competence in elementary school children. The program emphasizes group planning, diversity appreciation, and teamwork. Presents data on the program's effectiveness with a sample of high-risk students. Results reveal significant positive…

This article discusses the role in the Netherlands of independent regional advisory teams made up of professionals who have experience with individuals who exhibit challenging behaviors. One team's methods are illustrated by describing the case of a completely isolated 24-year-old man who, after a 7-year intervention, was able to fulfill a long…

Describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of the Self and Peer Assessment Resource Kit (SPARK), a Web-based template developed to improve the fairness of team assessment and enhance students' learning from team tasks by allowing students to rate confidentially their own and their peers' contributions. Presents four case studies of SPARK…

This article describes the Future Problem Solving Program, a year-long curriculum project with competitive and non-competitive options. The international program involves 250,000 students and is designed to help students enlarge, enrich, and make more accurate their images of the future. Team problem solving and individual problem solving…

Investigates a graduate-level online course in which groups of four students were used to lead online discussions. The teams were examined for their ability to bring instructional design, discourse facilitation, and direct instruction to the discussion. Results indicate that the peer teams fulfilled each of the three roles and valued the…