Th s book ämed to develop early grade learners' collaborat ve sk lls through group work and play-based pedagogy because collaborat on s among the twenty-f rst century's core sk lls needed among learners. Thus, ts development among early-grade learners s paramount, f they are go ng to f t seamlessly nto the twenty-f rst century. Pedagogical skills and psychological potential are required from teachers in the formation of collaborative skills of students. Part c patory-act on research, as a research des gn and profess onal development workshop, gu ded th s study. Collaborat ve problem solv ng nvolves two d fferent constructs collaborat on and problem solv ng. The assumpt on s that collaborat on for a group task s essent al because some problem-solv ng tasks are too complex for an nd v dual to work through alone or the solut on w ll be mproved from the jo nt capac t es of a team. People vary n the nformat on, expert se, and exper ences that they can br ng to bear n order to jo ntly solve a part cular problem. The term "collaborat on" has d fferent mean ngs n d fferent env ronments.
