ABSTRACT
The word "team" elicits thoughts of people running, jumping, hitting, catching, and other "action" verbs. One of the best ways to keep students moving is to have them participate in team-building activities. Most human resource directors acknowledge they look to hire people who are willing to work on a team and who can provide evidence of successful teamworking opportunities they have experienced. Team-building will not only get students up and moving, but it will also prepare them for the job market. Many teachers do group activities, but developing activities where students work as a team is different than just placing students in a group. When students work as a team, they feel a sense of ownership because they commit themselves to goals they helped create. Team-learning classes achieved significantly higher test scores than the traditional classes. The difference between the more and less effective cooperative-learning classes was that the effective ones stressed group goals and individual accountability.
