cooperative and cooperative and collaborative learningcollaborative learning

What are the benefits ?What are the benefits ?

Benefits from small-group learning Benefits from small-group learning in a collaborative environment includein a collaborative environment include

Celebration of Celebration of diversitydiversity

AcknowledgmenAcknowledgment of individual t of individual differencesdifferences

Students learn to work with Students learn to work with all types of people.all types of people.– they find many opportunities to they find many opportunities to

reflect upon and reply to the reflect upon and reply to the diverse responses fellow learners diverse responses fellow learners bring to the questions raisedbring to the questions raised

allow students to add their allow students to add their perspectives to an issue based on perspectives to an issue based on their cultural differencestheir cultural differences

– helps students to better understand helps students to better understand other cultures and points of view.other cultures and points of view.

Benefits from small-group learning Benefits from small-group learning in a collaborative environmentin a collaborative environment

When questions are raised, When questions are raised, different students will have different students will have a variety of responsesa variety of responses

Each of these can help the Each of these can help the group create a product that group create a product that reflects a wide range of reflects a wide range of perspectives and is thus perspectives and is thus more complete and more complete and comprehensive.comprehensive.

Students learn to relate to Students learn to relate to their peers and other their peers and other learners as they work learners as they work together in group together in group enterprisesenterprises

Interpersonal developmentInterpersonal development

helpful for students who have difficulty with helpful for students who have difficulty with social skillssocial skills

benefit from structured interactions with benefit from structured interactions with others.others.

Actively involving students in learningActively involving students in learning

Each member has opportunities to contribute Each member has opportunities to contribute in small groupsin small groups

Benefits from small-group learning in a Benefits from small-group learning in a collaborative environmentcollaborative environment

when they work as a teamwhen they work as a team

Students are apt to take more Students are apt to take more ownership of their material and to ownership of their material and to think critically about related issuesthink critically about related issues

More opportunities for More opportunities for personal feedbackpersonal feedback

students receive more students receive more personal feedback about personal feedback about their ideas and their ideas and responsesresponses

Because there are more Because there are more exchanges among exchanges among students in small groupsstudents in small groups

Benefits from small-group Benefits from small-group learning in a collaborative learning in a collaborative environmentenvironment

This feedback is often not possible in large-group This feedback is often not possible in large-group instruction, in which one or two students exchange ideas instruction, in which one or two students exchange ideas and the rest of the class listensand the rest of the class listens

Beneficial, cooperative-learning Beneficial, cooperative-learning situations are not easy to set up.situations are not easy to set up.

In many situations, particularly those In many situations, particularly those in which people must work together on in which people must work together on a problem, conflicts prevent learning. a problem, conflicts prevent learning.

BibliographyBibliography

http://http://www.thirteen.orgwww.thirteen.org//edonlineedonline/concept2class//concept2class/coopcollabcoopcollab//index.htmlindex.html

Made by:Teresa Rafael Ppel/Mpel09 – Ua- November 2009