Most professional development activities focus on individual teachers, such as mentoring or the use of portfolios. However, new developments in higher education require teachers to work together in teams more often. Due to these changes, there is a growing need for professional development activities focusing on teams. Therefore, this review study…

Suggests the small school provides an excellent environment for successful mainstreaming and that the principal can provide intervention and leadership for professionals, which leads to interaction with each other and on behalf of the special students. Discusses team teaching, the principal as a model, and shared leadership. (AH)

This report is a formative evaluation of the use of an online listserv discussion group as part of a continuing project with schools exploring or implementing interdisciplinary teamed instruction (ITI). A survey was developed to identify member characteristics, what services were liked and used most, and what services were desired. Analysis of 59…

This paper examines the process by which an immediate access-to-technology environment influences the frequency, form, and substance of collegial interaction among classroom teachers. The longitudinal study, part of the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow project, covers a 5-year period and utilizes data from 32 elementary and secondary teachers in five…

This research used three groups in a quasi-experimental approach to assess the combined impact of teacher teaming and computer technology on student grade point averages (GPAs). Ninth-grade students' academic achievement in each of four different subject areas (algebra, biology, world cultures, and English) was studied. Two separate treatments…