How to become a superstar student, Part 3

Last week we looked at Michael Geisen’s comments on developing effective habits in the classroom. This week, this National Teacher of the Year in 2008 gives us some real life ideas about working cooperatively in groups.

Since you are in school, how do you go about making a group’s effort effective? Good question. Geisen stresses a few points that all of us, teenagers and adults alike, can take to heart.

First, since we all come to a team with our weaknesses and strengths, we need to value each person for what he brings to the table and put the group’s needs ahead of any one person on the team....