Lecturer – Abdelrahman J K Alfar

Module Name: Academic skills

Module Code: BMM3113

Email: abdelrahman@scholarsschool.ac.uk
 What we are going to learn/cover today:

Learning outcome of this session:

Collaborative learning skills to improve independent learning
 Effective class engagement
Basic collaborative learning techniques

1. Think pair share: think something and discuss with your

partner in the class.

2. Self assessment: These practices will help you to judge your

own work.

3. Peer assessment: This provides opportunities to students to

comment on each other’s work.

Read, 2019.
 Cont.….

Case study: Reading relevant case studies will help you to increase
topic engagement

Critical thinking and critical review: collaboration develops these

skills in you, when you work in groups or pair your thinking skills
improve and you review the information critically.

Read, 2019.
 Group projects
Collaborative group tasks Develops host skills in
students that are essentially important in all work
places.

• Planning and managing time.

• Give and receive feedback.
• Improve communication skills.
• Diverse views.
• Develop new and different problem solving skills.

Mannix and Neale,2005

 Class Debates

• Improve critical thinking

• Better speech delivery
• Confidence building
• Improve Listening and note taking skills
• Debates are fun

Read, 2019.
 Discussion on real world problems
Students actively participate in discussions that
include real world problems Rather than designing
artificial scenarios. Students often sees the scope of
learning in using real examples.

• Intrinsic motivation to engage

• Active participation

Clifford,2018
 Collaborative learning challenges
The most faced challenge in collaborative learning is
group work. It doesn’t comes naturally it is something
that student building gradually through collaborative
learning.

Few challenges in early stage of collaborative learning:

• Listen to every person in group.
• Value to each contribution.
• Promote Positive attitude.

Read, 2019.
 Activity

Using a real world example of any company of your choice.

You need to work collaboratively in groups and demonstrate
critical reviews on their profit or losses
 References
Mannix, E. and Neale, M. (2005). What Differences Make a
Difference?. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 6(2), pp.31-55.

Devitt, R. (2019). [online] Howdoihomeschool.com. Available at:

https://howdoihomeschool.com/2019/01/29/benefits-debating-education-
importance/ [Accessed 19 Jan. 2020].

Clifford, M. (2018). 20 Collaborative Learning Tips And Strategies For Teachers.

[online] TeachThought. Available at:
https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/20-collaborative-learning-tips-and-
strategies/ [Accessed 20 Jan. 2020].