Socialization is an important yet often overlooked part of a student's academic preparation.
Employers express interest in employees who are able to work in teams with their peers on projects which require group brainstorming. What better place is there than within the safety of a college classroom to provide this training and practice. T-Charts provide a mechanism for students to focus on what is going on in their groups by asking them to identify what a desired behavior would look like and sound like to an outsider observing the group in operation. A two column format is used with student suggestions about what one would observe in a group which was functioning well on one side and what they would expect to hear within the group on the other side. Students are asked to complete the forms individually and then share their observations with the larger group.