Date Approved
8-5-2025
Graduate Degree Type
Project
Degree Name
Education-Instruction and Curriculum: Secondary Education (M.Ed.)
Degree Program
Teacher Education
First Advisor
Sherie Klee
Academic Year
2024/2025
Abstract
It has been seen through field experience and through research that students lack the ability to effectively learn through collaboration. The research has shown that there tends to be a lack of authentic learning when using collaboration projects/activities because students do not possess the skills that are needed to collaborate effectively. The ability to collaborate needs to be explicitly taught through modeling and scaffolding. This project examines research on the importance of collaborative learning and the required skills that students need to be successful. The project used research to develop a professional development session that allows teachers to see the importance of collaborative learning skills and provides resources that can be used in secondary education to explicitly teach the 21st century skill of collaboration to students. The professional development provides group norms, group roles, group contract, conflict resolution strategies, daily reflection for students, and a collaboration lesson. The session will be considered successful if teachers are able to use the resources in the classroom and provide qualitative data of students developing collaborative learning skills.
ScholarWorks Citation
VanderWel, Robin E., "Students Lack Effective Collaboration Skills" (2025). Culminating Experience Projects. 628.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/628
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons, Secondary Education Commons, Secondary Education and Teaching Commons
