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Cultivating creativity by integrating a hands-on, constructivist approach to learning within classrooms or makerspaces is critical for students’ success. Here are the three basic elements teachers will need to get started. Tools and materials For students to become creators and innovators, they need raw materials to work with and tools to bring their vision […]

Take a look inside the typical K-12 classroom, and you’re as likely to find students huddled together in small groups, engaged in solving a problem or working on a project collaboratively, as you are to see them listening to their teacher or completing tasks by themselves. This isn’t surprising, given the importance of collaborative […]

Communicating expectations, teaching students how to work together effectively, and designing classrooms with flexibility in mind are key starting points for implementing collaborative learning effectively. Here are three additional strategies for success. Be strategic in forming groups Students typically want to choose their own partners. For some activities, that’s perfectly fine. For others, it’s […]

The design of the learning space is an important factor in whether collaborative learning succeeds. For students to work together effectively, they must be sitting in a group and facing each other, so they can interact and exchange ideas freely and easily. Teachers might want to vary the size and composition of student groups […]

Successful student collaboration doesn’t just happen by accident. For this important learning strategy to be effective, teachers must be very intentional in how they set up their classrooms and lead collaborative learning activities. The American Institutes for Research (AIR) describes high-quality student collaboration as having the following characteristics: Group size and composition The best […]