Cooperative and Collaborative Learning

A. Definition

1. Cooperative Learning

©       “Cooperative learning is an instructional program in which students work in small groups to help one another master academic content.” (Slavin, 1995)

©       Cooperative learning involves students working together in pairs or groups, and they share information .They are a team whose players must work together in order to achieve goals successfully.” (Brown, 1994)

©       “Cooperative learning is a within-class grouping of students usually of differing levels of second language proficiency, who learn to work together on specific tasks or projects in such a way that all students in the group benefit from the interactive experience.” (Kessler (1992)

                b. Collaborative Learning

℗       Collaborative learning is a method of teaching and learning in which students team together to explore a significant question or create a meaningful project. A group of students discussing a lecture or students from different schools working together over the Internet on a shared assignment are both examples of collaborative learning.

℗       "Collaborative learning is based on the idea that learning is a naturally social act in which the participants talk among themselves (Gerlach, 1994).