Sunday, November 2, 2008

MyStudiyo.com

The quiz on collaborative learning at MyStudiyo.com was an eye-opener. Although I thought the questions were interesting, I had a very hard time answering two of them because I thought either of two answers could be correct. I would have liked a more definitive answer in those two questions.

In general, I believe collaborative learning is the ideal, but it won't work in every situation. In order for collaborative learning to work, teachers will probably need pretty exceptional students - or at least smart students who are also well-behaved. With that in mind, collaborative learning might work better in a high school than in a middle school - as students tend to be a little more immature in middle school.

The Web site below has an online guide and video on the subject of collaborative learning.

http://www.tlc.murdoch.edu.au/pubs/learning/video_collab_learn.html

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