Team Learning Assistant

Product Description The Team Learning Assistant (TLA) is designed to maximize the students’ team learning experience, and to save professors and students alike valuable time. TLA is organized into two toolboxes, one for students and one for faculty. The faculty toolbox contains teaching notes, helpful hints, and proven materials, designed for instructors who use teams in their courses. The professor determines how students will use the student tool box, and then are able to track student performance data generated by each class. Located at www.mhhe-tla.com, the Team Learning Assistant features such important advice on integrating teams into the syllabus and grading process, the importance of having a team contract and how to write one, details on peer and instructor evaluations, as well as meeting and conflict management. About the Author Alan Deacon is Professor of Social Policy and a member of the ESRC Research Group on Care, Values and the Future of Welfare at the University of Leeds. He has written widely on the debate about welfare reform in Britain and the United States and is a former editor of the Journal of Social Policy. He is Chair of the Social Policy Association 2001-2004.