Computers have dominated humans in one-on-one games like chess for decades, but getting artificial intelligence (A.I.) to cooperate with teammates is a little trickier. Now, researchers at Google’s ...

Group work is a time-tested strategy in many classrooms, but educators are starting to rethink how to evaluate these projects not just on the content students learn, but the skills they hone to work ...

The instructional strategies used by Alejandra J. Magana, W.C. Furnas professor in Enterprise Excellence of Computer and Information Technology and professor of Engineering Education, are focused on ...

Classrooms have always been social spaces a blend of personalities, ideas, and energy. But for decades, we’ve debated how students should work together. Should they collaborate freely, bouncing ideas ...

Teamwork can be challenging. Teams often need to overcome an inherent inertia, which operates almost like an iron law of groups. The inherent inertia we refer to here is social loafing—the behavioral ...

Associate Professor, School of Sociology; Geary Fellow, Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin Throughout the 21st century, teamwork has come to define the modern work ...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a brilliant scientist? I’ve wondered about this myself on a few occasions. One might assume that the most desirable skills for someone entering a STEM field ...