Teamwork in the Classroom

Teamwork in the Classroom helps college students and teachers practice collaborative learning in the classroom, as preparation for collaborative teamwork in the workplace. Teamwork in the Classroom is a crucial training resource for your students.

Every adoption of Teamwork in the Classroom includes a manual of support material, designed to guide an instructor in using the materials with his/her students. This manual is free with adoption. Included in the manual are the following:

1) An introduction to collaborative learning which covers:

a) What is collaborative learning?

b) How do I manage collaborative learning in my classroom?

2) Three different time sequences for how to introduce collaborative learning to your students.

3) Detailed, minute-by-minute lesson outlines for how to train your students in collaborative learning, using Teamwork in the Classroom.

4) Suggestions for student responses to each page of Teamwork in the Classroom.

5) A master set of overheads to use when training your students in collaborative learning, using Teamwork in the Classroom.

6) Suggestions for testing for collaborative learning.

7) Sample practice problems to use in reinforcing collaborative learning with your student.

8) Reflections on and insights into collaborative learning in academic classrooms.

9) A bibliography of further readings in collaborative learning.