Assessing TEAM Skills
The Think2Read TEAM Skills Assessment offers teachers an insight into their children’s view of group-work and how they feel about interacting with others during group tasks. The questions are designed to highlight the trouble spots that are all too familiar during group work and to give you the opportunity to reflect on how TEAM Skills instruction can support the children’s approach to group learning.
The TEAM Skills Assessment links questions to the National Strategy Speaking and Listening Assessment Focuses to help teachers more easily and accurately assess their pupil’s ability to interact and work together in guided reading groups and in other learning situations.
Think2Read Assessments
Think2Read’s TEAM-building approach addresses the following speaking and listening group-work issues for children in the classroom...
- I find it difficult to discuss my ideas and feelings - I’m not sure how to explain myself or express my feelings clearly.
- I find it difficult to listen to others. I don’t always understand the main point of what they are saying or what they mean in general.
- I find it difficult to choose the correct sort of talk for different situations and people say they can’t understand what I’m saying sometimes. I don’t join in much – and that makes me feel left out.
- I am uncomfortable working in a group. Sometimes the opinions of others upset me and I cannot find the words to explain my ideas or how I feel about the other children’s views.
- I do not feel confident about exploring ideas, texts and issues in a group without an adult being there.
- I don’t understand how to debate an issue or discuss a problem with others.