I find that between the collaborative and the cooperative learning spaces, I can’t make much of a distinction except that in the cooperative learning spaces, individuals may be more enthusiastic to learn the ideas of others and share their own thoughts and resources whereas collaborative participants are more of a group effort. Which is personally how I view it but that just links back to group learning spaces. Perhaps the three are more interrelated than I initially thought and a combination of all is the best.
Collaborative and cooperative learning seems to be a more independent way to learn; simply that the students have to themselves set goals and seek information, which is a great way to become independent; it reminds me of inquiry work, where students learn better because it appeals to them and it is their own thinking.
Group learning seems like a more dependent method that the others as more teacher involvement occurs. I think the aid of a teacher benefits struggling students who can’t work in a group or can’t seek information themselves.
Ultimately as I thought before, I think a combination of all three learning spaces is what a teacher will want to achieve. The students to be willing, to be interested and contributing to group work, and well as working on their own in groups, but being able to partake in group discussions to allow for further thinking.
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