Workshop - managing student teams: Scholarship, practice, and the team-maker/CATME applications

Do you assign students to teams based on best practices - or the path of least resistance? Do you cope with hitchhikers on student teams - or ignore them? Is managing student teams just too much trouble? Instructors play a key role in their studentspsila teaming experiences. In this workshop, we review some of the factors that instructors may wish to consider when assigning students to teams and administering peer evaluations. We review the literature and engage the participants in discussions about their own experiences and practices. We conduct interactive, hands-on, practical activities using team-maker and CATME - free, web-based software systems. To get the greatest benefit from the workshop, participants should bring their own wireless-network-capable laptop computers.