This paper reports on the evaluation of a technique using cooperative learning teams to improve race relations and to integrate the desegregated classroom. (Author/AM)

Examined with 165 special education students were the relationships between pupil assessment information provided by teacher members of multidisciplinary core evaluation teams and the subsequent special education placement decisions made by the teams. (SBH)

Use of building-level teacher assistance teams (TATs) to provide suggested alternative instructional strategies and support services to regular teachers with problem learners prior to referral to special education is discussed in terms of relationship to special education, purposes, organization and operation, staff training, attitudinal issues,…

Explores the paradoxical role of external leaders of self-managing work teams in a medium-sized manufacturing plant. External leaders' most important behaviors are those facilitating the team's management through self-observation, self-evaluation, and self-reinforcement. Leaders' dominant role is to lead others to lead themselves. Contains 6…

Third and fourth grade "sailors" from Bolina/Stimson School in northern California learned to pull together aboard a Thirties-style historical schooner, anchored in San Francisco Bay, that simulates a codfishing expedition to Alaska. Cooperation, successfully meeting team challenges, and coordination of effort resulted. (JMM)

Using planned, sequenced "group initiative tasks," effective cooperative skills can be taught and practiced in an atmosphere of fun and challenge. Such tasks are presented to a group for problem solving, using the physical and intellectual resources of the entire group. (JMM)

Describes the Death Response Team, a concept that has enabled the University of Minnesota to respond effectively to the needs of student groups after the death of a member. Provides information to foster the development of similar models in other educational settings. (Author/KS)

Team building and participatory strategies are techniques for increasing productivity in the workplace. Studies show that people often solve problems more effectively in groups, and they are more productive when they assume more responsibility for their work. (SK)

Encourages classroom teachers to engage in collaborative research. Addresses role of theory in research design, ethical/legal aspects of data collection/treatment, ownership of data, and communication among team members. Describes one-to-one friendship, teacher team catalyst, and cruise ship research models. Discusses how to formulate research…

Addresses the need for comprehensive health care services directed toward adolescents, outlining a multidisciplinary team program designed to provide such services. Discusses the national problem of teenage pregnancy and the multidisciplinary team's success with family planning counseling. Strongly encourages the development of more school- or…

Cooperative professional development is a process by which teams of teachers work together for their own professional development. Types of cooperative development described include the following: (1) professional dialogue; (2) curriculum development; (3) peer supervision; (4) peer coaching; and (5) action research. (MLF)

Kaizen is a Japanese management concept that means gradual, ongoing improvement involving everyone from top management to production workers. This concept is starting to appear in American companies, and it requires the personnel department to do a much more thorough assessment of job applicants, testing for leadership skills, interpersonal…

The Academic Advising Program at the United States Military Academy is described. Faculty members are organized (seven or eight for each cadet company) and accept responsibility for advising 60 cadets. This team includes representation from at least one of the humanities and one of the science departments. (MLW)

Risks to institutional data processing operations include physical damage, violations of data integrity, and restrictions of physical access. Development of a responsive and effective disaster recovery program is complex, requires significant effort and the use of specialized personnel, and spans all major disciplines and organizational levels.…

Describes four storyboard techniques frequently used in designing computer assisted instruction (CAI) programs, and explains screen display syntax (SDS), a new technique combining the major advantages of the storyboard techniques. SDS was developed to facilitate communication among designers, programmers, and editors working on a large CAI basic…