Having pupils work in pairs to carry out tasks such as completing vocabulary, grammar or reading comprehension activities requires a rather low level of collaboration. Instruction on how to carry out the given task can be clearly conveyed, statin clearly which steps are expected. Pupils have then to follow instructions and do their job.
Working on a collaborative project, for example, requires a high level of collaboration: decisions as to how and what to do have to be negotiated among pupils even when clear instructions are provided. Workload has to be divides, and compromise reached. These aspects, to mantion but a few, are in themselves elements that show that collabotration at a high level is needed.
Example of a project that requires a high level of collaboration
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