Appendix E
Collaboration Worksheet
Write a 100- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: *
What are the advantages of having diversity in a collaborative learning environment?
There are many advantages to having diversity in a collaborative learning environment including age, religion, physical ability, gender, and sexual orientation. People with other perspectives on things can bring to the table a new way of thinking about things. This can allow a new form of thinking within in the group to come to an understating or agreement to help solve the problem or achieve a goal. It helps other people work together without looking at another person differently because of their background or appearance. I think that it helps bring our culture more together to not be so stereotypical about other people so we can all come to an understanding of one another and keep moving forward in whatever the case may be.
How might factors such as diversity, attitude, learning, and work styles affect collaboration?
The factors such as diversity, attitude, learning, and work styles affect collaboration in many different ways by bringing a new way of understanding each other and accomplishing something. With diversity it brings a new perspective with people who have different backgrounds and orientations. With attitude everyone has a different way of approaching things and people can collide with different attitudes and cause conflict if people that are not willing to come to an agreement. With learning, people are always taught differently when they are growing up and may have different views and opinions to solve problems. Work styles, people have their own way of doing things and working to achieve a goal. People have a certain way of working and are used to working in their own style and may not work well with how other people have their work styles.
How does personal responsibility influence the work and success of a