What is it about?
Educators often take for granted that effective collaborative learning will occur naturally once students are assigned to work in groups. In examining students’ dissatisfaction when working in groups, this study highlighted the importance of surfacing these hidden assumptions for careful scrutiny. The key factors identified were centered on the need to address social challenges within collaborative learning.
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Why is it important?
This paper contributes to the understanding of groups’ active learning to inform pedagogical practices for educators engaged in designing better collaborative learning experiences.
Perspectives
Educators and curriculum designers need to be aware of the social drawbacks in collaborative learning in order to design a more socially engaging learning environment.
Chris Pang
Nanyang Polytechnic
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This page is a summary of: Socially Challenged Collaborative Learning of Secondary School Students in Singapore, Education Sciences, February 2018, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/educsci8010024.
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