Teamwork is necessary for students to engage in behavior that makes for successful problem solving. If a team does not have the skills to work together then work cannot be accomplished in a manner that involves the whole team.

Techniques for Teamwork

Decision-Making

• Make a plan
• Disagree in a constructive way
• Use a variety of ways to decide
• Combine ideas to get a new idea
• Get many ideas before deciding
• Show respect for minority views
• Summarize all ideas or alternatives before deciding
• Work until you reach consensus

Communication

• Listen to one another
• Ask questions
• Follow directions
• Ask for help
• Give help when asked
• Share your opinion
• Give reasons for your opinion
• Give accurate information
• Extend others' ideas
• Paraphrase what someone else has said

Working

• Stay with your group
• Use each other's names
• Organize materials
• Share materials
• Clean up materials
• Include each other

To locate materials in the Keeley Library, see the section on Finding Your Way Around the Library.

Internet Resources

• 7 Essential Skills for Teamwork
• Organizing (Large) Study Projects

Library Catalog

To locate items in the library catalog, search in iBistro. You may want to limit your search to search only the Keeley Library, instead of all of the SAILS libraries. The following subjects are just some suggestions for your search:

• Group work in education
• Leadership
• Management
• Teams in the workplace

SAILS Databases

As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access journal and newspaper articles as well as online reference books, from the library's computers and from home. Simply go to the online catalog page, access the online catalog, and click on .

Selected Reference Books

• Writers, Inc. : a Student Handbook for Writing and Learning

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Last Updated: December 15, 2008