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COLLABORATIVE & PEER-LEARNING
by Ayten Geyhan Akyıldız
GENERAL KEMAL BALIKESIR ORTAOKULU
Peer collaboration is a type of learning that is provided by students working together
for a common purpose. (Berk 1997) It is the basis of this learning that children who have
different abilities during collaborative work are helped each other.
There are important experiences such as helping and getting help during co-operation and
being aware of the group unity it is in so that they will be able to demonstrate their own
opinions and skills in their everyday life as well as be able to work by supporting others’
ideas.
The most important feature of collaborative learning is that students work by helping
each other , learn in small groups for a common purpose. It is a method in which
collaborators are active in all processes. There is evidence that peer co-operation leads to
greater success in traditional teaching in teaching (Fuchs, Mathes and Simmons, 1997).
The students help to ask the questions they are afraid to ask in the classroom
environment and to encourage their friends to cooperate more to diversify the course
structure. In addition, while the teacher uses common language in traditional teaching, he
uses a personal, personalized style for cooperative learning. And it makes sense easier.
Peers, in this process, not only learn but also have the chance to meet in different activities
with common pleasure such as sports, music and art.
Application of Cooperative Learning
Application steps:
1. Creation of Teams
2. Warming Activities
3. Subject and task distribution in teams
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