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Collaborative Learning

Collaborative learning involves students working together to complete tasks, learn new concepts, or solve problems by discussing ideas and challenging each other's views. It differs from operant conditioning which uses rewards and punishments to shape behavior, and observational learning which occurs through observing others' behaviors.

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Collaborative Learning

Collaborative learning involves students working together to complete tasks, learn new concepts, or solve problems by discussing ideas and challenging each other's views. It differs from operant conditioning which uses rewards and punishments to shape behavior, and observational learning which occurs through observing others' behaviors.

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Collaborative learning

Collaborative learning (CL) is a system of learning where the learners are expected to

work together complete a task, learn new concepts or solve a problem. This method engages the

learners to synthesize and process information rather than the normal way of memorizing

information. The learners are also expected to defend their ideas in a group discussion which

help the students to understand the course work on a deeper level (Laal & Ghodsi, 2012). This

strategy requires the learners to interact with each other; challenging their emotional and social

skills to listen to other opinions and ideas of their peers.

Collaborative learning is different from operant and observational learning. Operant

conditioning is a learning method that uses punishments and rewards to encourage the students to

learn and change their behavior (Staddon & Cerutti, 2003). In operant conditioning, students are

rewarded for developing desired behaviors and punished to discourage unwanted behaviors. This

learning method can also be used to reverse a previously learned behavior through shaping,

leading to the development of new behaviors. On the other hand, in observational learning,

children learn by observing and modelling their behavior from the people who surround them

(Fryling et al., 2011). Observational learning occurs as a result of observing another person, but

it occurs afterward and is not comparable to being taught in any other way.
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References

Fryling, M. J., Johnston, C., & Hayes, L. J. (2011). Understanding observational learning: An

inter-behavioral approach. The Analysis of verbal behavior, 27(1), 191-203.

Laal, M., & Ghodsi, S. M. (2012). Benefits of collaborative learning. Procedia-social and

behavioral sciences, 31.

Staddon, J. E., & Cerutti, D. T. (2003). Operant conditioning. Annual review of

psychology, 54(1), 115-144.

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