This I have proven to be very rewarding especially when I had large classes. I usually practice heterogeneous grouping which involved students of various learning abilities. The idea was to allow the high achievers to assist low achievers. This encouraged peer tutoring , sharing and above all the learner understanding the lesson in a manner that they will reproduce it later on. This made the learning environment students centred and also alleviated the teacher from alot of one on one tutorials. At the end of any collaborative exercise students were generally encouraged to excel and had a greater level of confidence even when tasks were done independently.
I need to explore the various methods of collaborative learning that can be applicable for secondary school settings and share them with colleagues.
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