Collaboration in the Classroom.

Group work seems to have a kiss of death with it when it comes to school projects. But working in a group has some high advantages that children seem to miss, like gaining interpersonal relationships, as well as developing skills such as conflict resolution and task management. Most jobs available today require that it's employees are able to work in a group setting to be able to get tasks completed. This is why teaching children in a young age to be collaborative in school is so important. Children have a better understanding of content when they are able to receive information and share what they learned with others. Setting up your classroom to include group learning or projects helps children learn more effectively. Some children may see this kind of class lesson as a way to get out of learning, but having peer evaluations and/or self evaluations to compare with, will ensure that each child is contributing to the group as well as learning. The younger children are taught this in the classroom the less painful group work will seem to them when they get older, and therefore prepare them for the adult world they will grow up to be apart of.