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LEARNING TO LEARN: BECOMING A SELF -GROWER 213
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You
may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but
if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.“
—Babe Ruth
REFLECTION
In this experience you will have the opportunity to reflect on your performance as a member of a team as
well as the performance of that team as a cooperative entity. You will use Reflector and Recorder Re-
ports as well as assessment worksheets in order to carry out this reflection.
P URPOSE
Although you’re working hard to advance your skills in life-long learning and becoming a self-grower
with the independence that affords you, you still can accomplish much more with the help of others. Many
of life’s situations require that you work as part of a team. The more effective you are at performing in
a team, the more opportunities will be available to you and the greater your accomplishments will be.
Communities are all around us, and nearly all operate by some kind of “give and take” principle. The more
that you can give to your different communities, the more you will get in return from these communities.
Cultivation of your individual voice while you are a part of a team and during this class is important. Think
of the opportunities you have to grow that voice in this class: (a) when serving as a team spokesperson, (b)
by asking inquiry questions, (c) by expressing a difficult idea, or (d) presenting a solution to a problem.
O BJECTIVES
1. Learn to identify and appreciate various team roles.
2. Understand the learning skills that are critical to successful collaboration within a team environment.
3. Learn to assess collaborative experiences in order to improve them.
D ISCOVERY E XERCISE
Using the Holistic Rubric for Performing in a Team, perform an assessment of your learning team for the
last team-based activity. Use the SII Team Assessment worksheet contained in this activity.
R EADINGS
Teams
R ESOURCES
Holistic Rubric: Performing in a Team SII Team Assessment worksheet