ARC: Teaching: Tips: The Ideal Student Group Member
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ARContribution by Hope Corrigan
Important items that contribute to being an ideal team member:
- Able to use the library resources to collect information
- Attends all team meetings
- Comfortable using PowerPoint
- Communicates well with other team members
- Respectful of other team members
- Displays an analytical business style
- Gives constructive feedback
- Has strong presentation skills
- Meets assigned deadlines
- Open to ideas from other team members
- Organized
- Enthusiastic attitude about the team assignments
- Productive team member
- Volunteers for tasks
- Sets realistic deadlines
- Shares the responsibility for team assignments
- Submits quality work
- Takes on a leadership role
- Comes to team meetings prepared
- Writes well and can edit other student’s work
References
- Brooks, Charles M. and Janice L. Ammons (2003), "Free Riding in Group Projects and the Effects on Timing, Frequency, and Specificity of Criteria in Peer Assessments," Journal of Education for Business, 78 (5), 268-271 [Full Text] . [Google Scholar]
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- Siciliano, Julie (1999), "A Template for Managing Teamwork in Courses Across the Curriculum," Journal of Education for Business, 75 (May/June), 261-264 [Google Scholar].
- Vik, Gretchen N. (2001) "Doing more to teach teamwork than telling students to sink or swim," Business Communication Quarterly, 64 (4), 112-119 [Google Scholar].