Through analysis of an interview excerpt with Sally, an enterprise-based literacy teacher, this study explores how the changing workplace influences how the teacher conceptualizes her relationships with her action learning team and with the wider workplace context. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on ESL Literacy Education) (Author/VWL)

This pyramid model of team development has four sides--awareness, behavior, communication, and direction--on a foundation of evaluation. The four equal sides of a pyramid represent the equal importance of the different roles, including leader, within a team. All team members are involved in evaluation and deciding what is important, which empowers…

Many Latin American countries have started actions to promote a higher education quality assurance system. Central America appears as a regional effort that includes universities from all seven countries under the initiative of Central American University Higher Council (CSUCA). After focusing in quality management and self-study processes, CSUCA…

Developed by the Florida Parent to Parent Support Program, two manuals provide materials for developing local parent-to-parent support groups for parents of children with a broad range of special needs, including those with sensory, physical, or learning disorders; developmental disabilities; emotional disturbances; and those at high risk for or…

This research report discusses several efforts which were undertaken to assist PLANIT (Programming Language for Interactive Teaching) authors in the writing of team lesson scenarios. It also describes and illustrates the assistance given to two such authors who were engaged in the development of computer assisted instruction for training teams of…

Part 3 of the three-part Vocational Evaluation Project final report contains brief summaries of the seven task force reports which comprise the final report and three such task force reports. The report of task force 4, The Evaluation Team Approach to Vocational Evaluation, describes the multiple roles an evaluation team must play in the…

Evaluation materials and instructional content relevant to the IVD process for 1973-74 are presented. Section 1 of this report is an analysis of on-site experience of the validators in the employment of the Validator Self-Analysis Forms. Section 2 is Scientific Management Associates Educational Systems Division (SMA/ESD) evaluation of the 10…

A test of aircraft recognition accuracy and decision speed compared the performance of single observers and four-man crews. The test used miniaturized simulations of aircraft which were moved at scaled speeds, altitudes, and distances. The validity of the simulation was evaluated and judged by comparing the results of the test with results…

This collection of 10 position papers represents one phase of an effort to design behavioral objectives for training programs for Teacher Corps team leaders. Floyd T. Waterman identifies tasks and needed competencies for the complete range of team leader activities. Richard W. Saxe notes the several meanings of systems approach as they apply to…

Qualitative and quantitative differences in cognitive performance resulting from two different evaluation and reward grading systems were studied among 88 students enrolled in a one-semester "Biological Concepts" course with content from the field of ecology. Students were randomly divided into the experimental and the control groups. One group…

This publication is intended to assist the leaders of collegial teams and to provide a plan for a school district program coordinator to use in establishing a number of collegial teams within a district. Part 1 presents a thorough definition of a collegial team and describes what such a team does. Also provided in this section is information on…

Describes the "floating faculty" program developed by the Prince George's County (Maryland) Public Schools to provide onsite inservice training for school faculties in the district through the use of specially trained personnel that make up a "faculty-without-a-school." (JG)

Describes a research-based part-time Master's degree program which recruited teams of practicing teachers. Research revealed that the nature of the team collaboration did not meet the program's expectations. Teachers' reflections and actions were predominately individualistic, due to constraints in the program itself and the culture of schools.…

An interdisciplinary team concept of health care provides health professionals a holistic solution to problems of patients, families, and communities. A case study that illustrates an operational interdisciplinary health team is presented. (DF)