KEY COMPONENTS FOR ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE WORK IN THE CLASSROOM

Abstract

Group work is a student -centered way teaching that emphasizes collaboration, cooperation and teamwork. It can be described as a classroom practice where students work in teams to construct knowledge and accomplish tasks through collaborative interaction. Group work is a fantastic opportunity for students to draw on the strengths and experience of their peers. Group work is more productive when the participants perceive that they need each other to accomplish the assigned task. In other words they “sink or swim together”.