Table 1 Type of Comment Examples...

Table 1

Type of Comment	Examples
Practical—designed to deal with issues of team coordination (time, responsibilities).	“I will post our team answer on Friday evening—please send me any changes before then.” “I am out of town until next week—I will post my thoughts on Case 4 when I get back in town.”
Social—fostering sense of group identity within assignment context (affirmation of ideas, valuing of opinions).	“That was a really interesting point—I had not thought of taking that perspective on the case.” “We really did a great job of pulling our answer together!”
Interpersonal—provide personal glimpses of individual outside assignment context (emotional, friendship).	“Sorry to hear about your problem at work - hope it improves soon.” “I really enjoyed my vacation last week— it was nice to get away to the mountains for a change.”

Type of Comment	Examples
Practical—designed to deal with issues of team coordination (time, responsibilities).	“I will post our team answer on Friday evening—please send me any changes before then.” “I am out of town until next week—I will post my thoughts on Case 4 when I get back in town.”
Social—fostering sense of group identity within assignment context (affirmation of ideas, valuing of opinions).	“That was a really interesting point—I had not thought of taking that perspective on the case.” “We really did a great job of pulling our answer together!”
Interpersonal—provide personal glimpses of individual outside assignment context (emotional, friendship).	“Sorry to hear about your problem at work - hope it improves soon.” “I really enjoyed my vacation last week— it was nice to get away to the mountains for a change.”

Type of Comment

Examples

Practical—designed to deal with issues of team coordination (time, responsibilities).

“I will post our team answer on Friday evening—please send me any changes before then.”

“I am out of town until next week—I will post my thoughts on Case 4 when I get back in town.”

Social—fostering sense of group identity within assignment context (affirmation of ideas, valuing of opinions).

“That was a really interesting point—I had not thought of taking that perspective on the case.”

“We really did a great job of pulling our answer together!”

Interpersonal—provide personal glimpses of individual outside assignment context (emotional, friendship).

“Sorry to hear about your problem at work - hope it improves soon.”

“I really enjoyed my vacation last week— it was nice to get away to the mountains for a change.”

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