Collaborative Learning Definitions

and Background Information

Collaborative Learning has many defintions depending on who you talk to about it. One shared characteristic is that learning occurs through interaction in a social context. Students collaborate through several modes of communication including face-to-face and network-to-nework just to name two. The following page includes book, journal and website resources that explore numerous meanings to help you build an understanding of collaborative learning.

References

Blumenfeld, Phyllis C. And Others. Learning with Peers: From Small Group Cooperation to Collaborative Communities. Section 4: Grading the Policymakers' Solution. 1996. Source: Educational Researcher. v25 n8. p37-40 Nov 1996.

Gaillet, Lynee Lewis. An Historical Perspective on Collaborative Learning. 1994. Source: Journal of Advanced Composition. v14 n1. p93-110 Win 1994.

Holt, Mara. Dewey and the "Cult of Efficiency": Competing Ideologies in Collaborative Pedagogies of the 1920s. 1994. Source: Journal of Advanced Composition. v14 n1. p73-92 Win 1994.

Jongsma, Kathleen Stumpf. Collaborative Learning (Questions and Answers). 1990. Source: Reading Teacher. v43 n4. p346-47 Jan 1990.

Maltese, Ralph. Three Philosophical Pillars That Support Collaborative Learning. 1991. Source: English Journal. v80 n5. p20-23 Sep 1991.

Matthews, Roberta S. And Others. Building Bridges Between Cooperative and Collaborative Learning. 1995. Source: Change. v27 n4. p34-37,40 Jul-Aug 1995.

McClure, Michael F. Collaborative Learning: Teachers' Game or Students' Game? (Research in the Classroom). 1990. Source: English Journal. v79 n2. p66-68 Feb 1990.

McKinley, John. Training for Effective Collaborative Learning. 1983. Source: New Directions for Continuing Education. (Helping Adults Learn How to Learn) n19. p13-22 Sep 1983.

Smit, David W. Some Difficulties with Collaborative Learning. 1989. Source: Journal of Advanced Composition. v9 n1-2. p45-58 1989.

Whipple, William R. Collaborative Learning: Recognizing It When We See It. 1987. Source: AAHE Bulletin. p4-6 Oct 1987.

Web Sites

Deliberations Magazine on Collaborative Learning discussion http://www.lgu.ac.uk/deliberations/collab.learning/index.cgi

Collaborative Learning vs. Cooperative Learning

http://www.yorku.ca/admin/cst/spccl.html

Schools as Collaborative Learning Communities http://www.vision.net.au/~globallearning/services/CLC.html

Definition and Discussion of Collaborative Learning http://www.yorku.ca/admin/cst/col.html

A Taxonomy of Collaborative Work/Learning http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/bricker/CSC_features.html

Definition, Theory, and Links for Collaborative Learning http://tecfa.unige.ch/staf/staf9698/mullerc/3/collab.html

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