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Classroom Structures for Collaborative Learning

To enable effective collaborative learning, classroom structures need to be flexible and fluid to enable a range of alternative structures to be put into place to enable collaboration and face to face interaction. Small table groups, whole class groups, pairs, triads and teams are some of the different group structures which can be utilised to support and encourage collaborative learning.

It is important that students are given the opportunity to work in all of these structures and have the opportunity to work and learn with a wide range of people.

There are a number of quick and fun techniques for putting students into groups. Matching shapes or numbers on playing cards, coloured pieces of paper and putting together the parts of a jigsaw can all be used for random groupings of students.

Some useful structures can be found at: Classroom Structures that encourages student participation


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