PANYARAT HIGH SCHOOL

LEARNER-CENTERED INSTRUCTION AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

Learner-Centered Instruction

Values students’ diverse learning and working styles

Recognizes that students learn best in different ways depending on learning resources/tools

Differentiates instruction to match students’ unique ways of processing knowledge in different

Collaborative Learning

Positive interdependence

Individual accountability

Social skills

Face-to-face interaction

Group processing

Results of Applied Collaborative

Learning

Students quickly develop collaborative routines within the group

Students feel more confident asking questions

Increased student engagement, student confidence, and teacher/student relationships

Students shift from purely transmitting information to facilitating, guiding and monitoring student learning

Greater decentralization of the teacher’s role

Students are more engaged, better behaved, and perform better academically

Students’ affective and cognitive abilities improve

Differentiated instruction

Students engaged in group-based peer instruction, realize their leadership potential