Collaborative learning

Collaborative learning is the educational approach of using groups to enhance learning through working together or teamwork.

It can occur peer-to-peer or in larger groups. Effective collaboration learning requires much more than just sitting students together and giving them work to do.

Advantages of collaborative learning

Peer learning

During group work, students tend to learn from their fellow students. Ideas and concepts will be shared within them better than being alone with a lecturer or teacher

Teamwork skill

It provides students with an opportunity to improve their communication skills, it provides a larger capacity for brainstorming different ideas

Personal satisfaction

Students who engage in group discussion and are dedicated to the problem-solving task. Getting the solution makes students who are involved to be extremely satisfied with their role in making that decision compared to students who are not involved

It enhances learning

Learning in a group helps to recall things learned. Students tend to remember more from group discussions than getting the same content through an instructional format

Benefits of collaborative learning

• It encourages diverse understanding
• Develops oral communication skills
• Develops social interaction skills
• Enhances self-management skills
• Set high expectations for students and teachers
• Classroom anxiety is significantly reduced
• Fosters and develops interpersonal relationships
• Promotes positive race relations
• Test anxiety is significantly reduced
• It builds self-esteem in students