Those who can read, write, speak and listen well are valuable contributors in any setting where people are working together to achieve shared goals. The use of mathematics outside the classroom requires sharing expertise as well as applying individual knowledge and skills. Working in teams allows students to share ideas, to develop and coordinate group approaches to problems, and to share and learn from each other in communicating findings. Students must have opportunities to develop the skills and processes provided by team problem-solving experiences to be prepared to function as members of society and productive participants in the workforce. The practical application of science requires both individual and group efforts.
Individuals bring unique insight and focus to the work of inquiry and problem solving.
Working in groups, scientists pose questions, share hypotheses, divide their experimental efforts, and share data and results. Science students have the opportunity to work both ways - as individuals and as members of teams organized to conduct complex investigations and solve problems. Social Science Social science is about people's interactions. Study in this field encourages students to listen carefully to the views of all members of a group and to represent their own points of view appropriately and effectively. The group benefits from the individual knowledge and skills of its members.