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Coursera. Learn to code. Peer learning. One of the most visible approaches to peer learning comes out of cognitive psychology, and is applied within a "mainstream" educational framework: "Peer learning is an educational practice in which students interact with other students to attain educational goals.

"[1] In this context, it can be compared to the practices that go by the name cooperative learning. However, other contemporary views on peer learning relax the constraints, and position peer or peer-to-peer learning as a mode of "learning for everyone, by everyone, about almost anything. Research on peer learning often takes place through participant observation, and may itself be peer produced. Connections with Constructivism[edit] The three distinguishing features of constructivist theory are claims that:[5] Learning occurs within a context that is itself part of what is learnedKnowing and doing cannot be separatedLearning is a process that is extended over time Connections with Critical Pedagogy[edit] Guilmette cites Anne K.

P2PU Learning for everyone, by everyone, about almost anything. Grammar Gang. OWL Site Map.