two types of group work
cooperative learning and collaborative learning.
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cooperative learning and collaborative learning.
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Two approaches concerning learning in group are of interest, namely cooperative learning and collaborative learning. There seems to be a certain amount of confusion concerning how these concepts are to be interpreted and used, as well as what they actually signify. Often the conceptions are used synonymously even though there are some differentiations. Cooperative group work is usually considered as a comprehensive umbrella concept for several modes of student active working modes (; ), whereas collaboration is a more of an exclusive concept and may be included in the much wider concept cooperation (,). Cooperative learning may describe group work without any interaction between the students (i.e., the student may just be sitting next to each other; ; ), while collaborative learning always includes interaction, collaboration, and utilization of the groupβs competences (; ; ).