Communication

Students must have the ability to communicate with many audiences and to utilize varied formats and styles that will most effectively convey their messages. They must appreciate and leverage diverse contributions to a task, and know how to cooperate with others towards common purposes.

Long form of term name:
Communication, Collaboration, and Teamwork
White paper:
Collaboration_HI-RES_1.pdf

Made up of 6 distinct rubrics measuring:

  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Collaborative Patient/Client-Family Centered Approach
  • Team Functioning
  • Conflict Management/Resolution

Cost: Free
Note: developed for health care fields, but adaptable to other disciplines

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Performance descriptors include:

  • Contributes to Team Meetings
  • Facilitates the Contributions of Team Members
  • Individual Contributions Outside of Team Meetings
  • Fosters Constructive Team Climate
  • Responds to Conflict

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This is most often used in team-based classroom assignments. Given 100 points to divide among team members, students assign each team member a score based on the extent to which they believe their teammates contributed to the overall team performance. An individual student’s grade is then based on their average peer ratings, multiplied by the group score.

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Students rate their team as a whole for how frequently they display certain behaviors, using a 32-item questionnaire.
Score system ranges from 1 (almost never) to 5 (almost always). Sample items include:

  • Our team feels that we are all in it together and share responsibilities for the team’s success or failure.
  • The team leader is democratic and collaborative.
  • We argue a lot even though we agree on the real issues.

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