One grade was assigned to the entire team to
provide students with an incentive to help each other
and to encourage each other to put forth maximum
effort.17 Students informally assessed their team
functioning twice during the semester using the
Evaluation of Progress Toward Effective Team
Functioning form12 to encourage students to reflect
on what was going well with their team and what
needed work. This team assessment was not graded
or shared with other students but was used to shape
student perspectives on effective team functioning
and to help students identify positive and negative