Approved by JDRP for students grades 3-12. All three require students to work in learning teams that are heterogeneous in terms of academic achievement, race and gender. In STAD, students study with their team members following a teacher presentation.
Students take quizzes individually to demonstrate how much they have learned.
The individual quiz scores are summed to form a team score, and teams are rewarded for their performance. TGT is similar to STAD, except that students are actively engaged in an academic game instead of taking quizzes. STAD is approved for language arts and TGT for language arts and math, and the STL program as a whole is approved for intergroup relations. STL can be used with the STL Teacher's Manual, 4th edition, and teacher-made curriculum materials. Inexpensive materials in many subject areas are available through the project.