This article is part of the CTE's Monthly Article series. In this piece, author Barbara Oakley, provides practical advice on how to coach well-meaning students to manage behavioral problems that can occur during teamwork. The article begins with a brief description of how the technique was used and gives some outcome measures as to its effectiveness. The techniques comprise the latter half of the article; the techniques give advice on how to manage the two most common behavioral problems – that of the ‘couch potato’ and the ‘hitch-hiker.”

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