After providing a brief comparison between cooperative and collaborative learning, this study concentrates on collaborative learning. Later, the focus is shifted to the difficulties experienced by teachers and learners during classroom applications. The problems related to collaborative learning on the part of both teachers and students are identified. In order to explore the difficulties and the possible reasons for these difficulties related to collaboration in learning, a small-scale study was carried out and is reported here. Finally, a section on how these problems can be reduced to the minimum level is presented.