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Spontaneous Teamwork notes for Coaches
While teamwork is always important, in spontaneous “hands on” or “verbal/hands on”
problems, scoring for teamwork may be used in addition to the score for the actual
problems solution. Even if the team’s solution fails to solve the actual problem the score for
a lack of a working solution will only be reflected in that portion of the scoring. The team
will still be able to keep the teamwork points they earn for working together.
Judges are trained to be open-minded; they decide the teamwork score by watching and
listening to the team as they work on their solution. NOTE: It is VERY important for the team
to avoid whispering as this puts the judges at an disadvantage and the team may not
receive the score that they deserve.
Every aspect of how well the team functions together is considered by the judges. To give
you an idea how they are scored see the examples in the table below.
EXAMPLES OF SCORING TEAMWORK
SCORE RANGE
1-10 1-15 1-20 1-25
1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5
3-4 4-6 5-8 6-10
5-6 7-9 9-12 11-15
7-8 10-12 13-16 16-20
9-10 13-15 17-20 21-25
Little sharing of ideas or cooperation. Dominating individual who
limits the participation of others. Repeated negative comments.
Disagreements are heated or even destructive. No encouraging
comments. Bad attitude. No attempt to reach consensus.
Some sharing of ideas and cooperation. Acceptance of the ideas
of others is reluctant. Individual team member’s roles are limited.
Negative comments and disagreements are disruptive. Limited
encouragement of others. Consensus not achieved.
Good sharing of ideas and cooperation. Some evidence of
accepting ideas of others. Individual team member’s roles are
evident but not well developed. Positive and encouraging
comments to others are limited. Disagreements are disruptive but
eventually resolved. Consensus barely achieved if attempted.
Great sharing of ideas and cooperation. Very good evidence of
accepting and encouraging the ideas of others. Individual team
member’s roles well developed. Positive and encouraging
comments to others are common. Disagreements resolved
constructively. Team reaches consensus. Tasks are shared.
Shared Ideas are respected. Outstanding cooperation. Diversity
of skills mutually respected. Leadership and team roles are very
well defined, clearly respected and easily identified. Positive and
encouraging comments to others are constant, and sincere.
Disagreements are resolved quickly and constructively. Team
reaches consensus quickly and easily. Tasks divided equitably.
Zero is not an option. If the range is 1 to X, the lowest score will be 1.
Created by Dave West Revised 4-13-08