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What is Learning Teams

Chapter 136
Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration
Student learning teams are distinctly different from learning groups. Characteristics of teams vs. groups: 1) as the students begin to trust each other and develop a commitment to the goals and welfare of the group, they become a team, 2) when they become a cohesive team, the team can do things that neither a single individual nor a newly-formed group can do, and 3) team-based learning starts with groups and then creates the conditions that enable them to become teams.
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Technology Assignments Using Team-Based Learning
Mary McCord (Central Missouri State University, USA) and Larry Michaelsen (University of Central Missouri, USA)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-881-9.ch136
Abstract
Educators face an increasingly difficult task in preparing students for today’s information technology and/or information systems (IT/IS) jobs. The foundation must ensure that students master solitary tasks such as programming and logical design. However, the reality of IT/IS jobs requires that students must also be prepared to deal with increasingly complex design projects and work in teams made up of peers who come from many different business disciplines and bring the requirements of multiple organizational functions. As a result, IT/IS educators must design their courses to give students experience working in teams and on problems that reflect the complexity of the business environments in which they will be employed.
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Chapter 8
Potentials and Challenges of a Situated Professional Development Model
A type of professional learning community in which a group of teachers meet regularly to learn about and analyze classroom–based topics such as formative assessment. Learning teams may take different makeups and configurations.
Published in Chapter: Potentials and Challenges of a Situated Professional Development Model; From: Handbook of Research on Professional Development for Quality Teaching and Learning
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