COLLABORATION
The choice of the word "collaboration" rather than "cooperation" or "cooperative learning", is deliberate here. In Webster's Dictionary it means "to work in association with, to work with another." Frank Smith, in Insult to Intelligence, 1986 ( p. 62) lists opportunity for manipulation of information as one of his key ingredients for learning,. Full understanding of what is being learned and the ability to apply it in real-life settings--creative problem solving and flexible use of what is learned--depends upon ample opportunity to manipulate information in our heads, to test it, expand it, connect it with prior learnings. Collaborating with others allows us to examine our own thinking while expanding our knowledge base.
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