WHAT is it? - Developing guidelines for effective cooperative teamwork.
WHO is it for? – Small groups seeking to collaborate on moving toward a common goal.
WHY use this method? Groups provide a super opportunity to have active, cooperative learning with prompt informal feedback. Group work also develops personal skills of coping with conflict, being in a leadership role, improving social skills, developing interdependence and accountability and in developing your sense of worth. Explicit guidelines help groups function effectively. Everyone must participate and be heard.

Associated Pages

• Working in Small Groups
• Guidelines for Good Teamwork
• What You Can do to Become Effective at Teamwork
• Be a Valued Member of the Group
• The Chairperson
• Structured Roles and Phases for Small Group Work
• Focused Conversation

(Original page by Mary Frangie)