Student Collaborative Practices in International Baccalaureate Programmes

Funded by: International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)

The Education Research Center (ERC) at Texas A&M conducted a literature review and curriculum document analysis of student collaborative practices in International Baccalaureate (IB) programs. Collaboration is identified as an integrated part of learning components and assessment models across IB programmes.

For this study, ERC researchers:

• Conducted a best evidence synthesis of research on teaching and assessing student collaboration In K-12 settings,
• Analyzed IB curriculum documents for essential elements of collaborative practice, and
• Made recommendations for the enhancement of student collaboration in IB programmes.