They are teaching this in the classroom, and encouraging the application of innovative thinking, experiential learning, and team problem solving to business, technology and social problems and issues.

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The current record is 26 ft 8in and belongs to the students of Jerry Havills Team Problem Solving Course at Bay de Noc Community College (all USA) in Escanaba, USA, on 23 July 2009.

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Despite this bias, the researchers found that the collaborative problem solving team implementation was frequently inconsistent and below desired levels of fidelity.

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That can lead to "dueling solutions, " as a team argues about solving a problem that hasn't been properly identified.

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The syllabus includes problem solving, team working and communication tasks at the Ministry of Defence's airfield at Boscombe Down.

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Players are set a series of tasks which challenge any preconceptions and encourage development in problem solving and team working skills.

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