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It provides opportunities to discover new things, even abstract concepts with excitement rather than apprehension.

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It allows them to express themselves in their own unique way, while also increasing interest and giving value to their work.

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Students are more willing to participate when they have others to help them or explain.  

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Students are more willing to participate when they have others to help them or explain.  

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Some of the negatives would be off task.

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Benefits to collaboration are unique perspectives to increase idea strands for product development.  Negatives tend to be "rabbit trails" and lack of focus.  Others are students who hang on the shirt tails of others and do not commit to the product.

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Benefits to collaboration are unique perspectives to increase idea strands for product development.  Negatives tend to be "rabbit trails" and lack of focus.  Others are students who hang on the shirt tails of others and do not commit to the product.

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I believe students have to be connected to what they are doing. They must see how it effects them to get buy in. We as teachers have to create authentic connects to the TEKs or material in order to have that information stick.

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Collaboration allows students to talk together and share ideas. A benefit is it helps reluctant or struggling students to respond to what has been shared. A draw back is that sometimes one or two students will allow others to do  the majority of the work without authentic participation.

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Collaboration allows students to talk together and share ideas. A benefit is it helps reluctant or struggling students to respond to what has been shared. A draw back is that sometimes one or two students will allow others to do  the majority of the work without authentic participation.

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Students are more inclined to participate and they like peer feed back.  

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Students are more inclined to participate and they like peer feed back.  

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Can get lous in class

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some kids are more willing to take risks when they an collaborate. Not all kids will work when collaborating so some do nothing while others do all the work.  

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some kids are more willing to take risks when they an collaborate. Not all kids will work when collaborating so some do nothing while others do all the work.  

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Novelty and variety.  An open ended question is given.  Approaches to that question are found in multiple avenues---free writes, research, reading, introspection...

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Novelty and variety.  An open ended question is given.  Approaches to that question are found in multiple avenues---free writes, research, reading, introspection...

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Many students can teach some concepts the best of anyone.

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Many students can teach some concepts the best of anyone.

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I believe that benefits to collaboration in class are increased engagement because most students enjoy talking to peers.  Another advantage is the fact that in the current workplace many jobs require collaboration with co-workers so this is a valuable skill for students to learn.  A disadvantage is that it is more difficult to hold students accountable for doing their part.

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A benefit for student collaboration in science is that students can see that not all their peers' minds work like theirs, and what one student might pick up the other does not.  A draw back is that it is very easy to stray off topic

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Benefits: listening, justifying answers, reasoning with others to produce the best product.
Negatives: potential off task behavior, potential conflicts

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Students learn from their peers.  When students teach each other they retain the information.

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Students learn from their peers.  When students teach each other they retain the information.

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When students collaborate they are given the opportunity to hear other peoples ideas and perspectives. Students can be easily side tracked or distracted when they are working with eachother

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Students can have choices in how they demonstrate mastery of content and skills. Some students are creative writers, musicians, artist, digital work, or in creating videos.

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Choice because a student has ownership of how they want to complete the task. They get to choose something they are comfortable with and be create in how they want to present the information.

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Choice because a student has ownership of how they want to complete the task. They get to choose something they are comfortable with and be create in how they want to present the information.

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Novelty and variety allows students to show different skills and types of knowledge versus simply giving answers in one set way everytime.

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Novelty and variety allows students to show different skills and types of knowledge versus simply giving answers in one set way everytime.

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Allows students to show authentic and organic creation of content based mastery.

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Collaboration allows students to process difficult information and think through a specific skill or topic before they have to apply it. It also allows students to experience how others problem solve. The problem with collaboration is that students are so social that any time you allow them to talk, they are off topic.

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Collaboration allows students to process difficult information and think through a specific skill or topic before they have to apply it. It also allows students to experience how others problem solve. The problem with collaboration is that students are so social that any time you allow them to talk, they are off topic.

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+ many students gain insight from other students and students speak the same language at times when the teacher does not.

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+ many students gain insight from other students and students speak the same language at times when the teacher does not.

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- students do not take their job seriously.

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When students collaborate together it allows them to bounce ideas off of each other that others didn’t think about, or, that the teacher themselves didn’t think about. Collaboration teaches students teamwork, accountability, and fosters creativity. However, student collaboration can also lead to student disengagement. That is, students getting off task because they’re too busy talking about the latest drama, game, or any other outside distraction.

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Students collaborating in class gives them an opportunity to hear others' ideas and see how other people learn. They are also able to have something explained to them in various ways (sometimes better than how the teacher has explained something to them). 

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Students collaborating in class gives them an opportunity to hear others' ideas and see how other people learn. They are also able to have something explained to them in various ways (sometimes better than how the teacher has explained something to them). 

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Negatives--off-task behavior, one student not doing anything because the group has taken over & is doing everything for them, one student feeling ashamed because they don't feel like they have anything to contribute to the collaboration/discussion.

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I love the idea of having students bounce ideas off of each other and helping think through a process.

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I love the idea of having students bounce ideas off of each other and helping think through a process.

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These students are very social and love to spend more time off-topic than what they are supposed to be doing.

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Students are able to bounce ideas off of one another and I believe they really enjoy that, especially when they don't fully understand what is going on. On the other side, being in groups makes it easier for students to talk and get off task.

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Students are able to bounce ideas off of one another and I believe they really enjoy that, especially when they don't fully understand what is going on. On the other side, being in groups makes it easier for students to talk and get off task.

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I believe this gives the student ownership in his/her learning.

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When students can connect with the work and it is authentic, they tend to value and respect the assignment more.

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Currently, students are being taught a concept but given their choice in how they can demonstrate their understanding of the concept. Example: Concept is Space in Art
Choices Given: They can draw their name or a word using 3d lettering, or a 1 point perspective drawing of a room or landscape of some sort.

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They feel as though they have a voice, a contribution.  A negative would be that some kids would feel as though they were made fun of or not heard.

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They feel as though they have a voice, a contribution.  A negative would be that some kids would feel as though they were made fun of or not heard.

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Choice allows students to use their own creativity and run with it as they use a combination of their own talents and their imagination to respond to the assignment.

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When students can appropriately collaborate with each other the benefits to their learning and the learning of others increases exponentially.

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This allows students to choose what they feel most comfortable doing which in turn gives them more willingness to take chances and be creative.

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Allowing students to collaborate within a group allows them an opportunity to practice real world things they would be expected to do to maintain employment in the future. Communication or the ability to communicate might be one of the most beneficial job skills one can have.

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The benefits are that students may pay attention more, they may learn more by having more points of view.. The negative is that some students will do most of the work while others will only act engaged.

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Students benefit form collaboration when they have parameters. If these are in place collaboration helps broaden their knowledge and communication skills. The down side is non-contributors.

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Students benefit form collaboration when they have parameters. If these are in place collaboration helps broaden their knowledge and communication skills. The down side is non-contributors.

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students that collaborate will have a variety of ways to understand a concept.  They are sometimes more receptive to hearing from their peers than the teacher.
Negatives: off task

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Collaborating helps to incorporate the background knowledge of multiple students into the activity, which is a benefit.  A negative is that typically you have a few students who don't work at all and allow others to do the work for them.

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Some  benefits are they can hear from other peers and learn from them. Also, they won't be as afraid to get the wrong answer.

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Some  benefits are they can hear from other peers and learn from them. Also, they won't be as afraid to get the wrong answer.

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The negatives are they may try to get off task a lot and just carry on a conversation outside of work.

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It's always a good way to get a personal social skills lesson.  Students comments give teacher a strong sense of what is going on with the student/how much they know.  The negative comments provide a new teaching avenue.

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It's always a good way to get a personal social skills lesson.  Students comments give teacher a strong sense of what is going on with the student/how much they know.  The negative comments provide a new teaching avenue.

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Students are able to choose an activity that they are more comfortable with and will be willing to think outside the box more when the confidence is there.

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Sometimes the students hear and understand the information better if it is coming from their peers.  It seems the students pay more attention to their peers than they do the teacher.

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Sometimes the students hear and understand the information better if it is coming from their peers.  It seems the students pay more attention to their peers than they do the teacher.

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Positive: Students can support each other and they may have different ideas
Negative: Students will tend to get off topic

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It allows them to feel comfortable.