Lesson 13- Jigsaw

Objectives
✓Discuss Jigsaw as an Intructional strategy
✓Explain how Jigsaw is used in elementary social studies instruction
✓Develop a lesson plan that uses Jigsaw in elementary social studies
INTRODUCTION

• Teacher Sharon wants to ensure that every member of the group will contribute
in their activity. She divided the text into different parts and distributed them
among the members. She tasked them to comprehend the assigned reading
and answer the guide questions. After 10 minutes, she instructed each student
with the same reading to sit together and compare their answers. They also
need to highlight the important points and plan how to share it with their
classmates. After another 10 minutes, students went back to their original
group. They were each given time to discuss their parts and answer questions
from their groupmates. While the group converses, Teacher Sharon roams
around the room and check if the students are on the right track. After the
discussion, an individual quiz was given to assess student learning.
Think

Jigsaw:
Is a cooperative Learning strategy developed by Elliot Aronson and
his colleagues in 1971. Created as a response to the racial
desegregation in the in the 1970s, first implemented by educators
and psychologists in schools in Austin, Texas to reduce tensions
among the white, Hispanic, and African-African students. The main
objective was to encourage students to cooperate and work
together and, at the same time, break down interpersonal barriers.
Was founded on Vygotsky's Social Constructivism Theory which
suggests that children develop knowledge through social
interaction.
Given such a name because the process resembles a jigsaw puzzle.
Different part of the lesson, compared to puzzle pieces, are
distributed among students, and they have to communicate and
work together to arrive at the complete information.
a very much applicable in many social studies lessons, particularly
those with Content that can be broken down for Different groups to
analyze.
STEPS:
10 Steps in implementing this strategy:

1. Divide students into five- or six-person home groups. Members should be

diverse in terms of gender, ability, and ethnicity (if applicable).
2. Appoint a leader for each home group.
3. Divide the day's lesson into five to six segments.
4. Assign each student in the home group to learn one segment.
5. Give students enough time to comprehend and master their assigned
segment.
6. Form temporary expert groups by instructing students with the
same segments to sit together. Give them enough time to discuss the
main points, clarify questions, and rehearse the presentations they will
make to their home group.
7. After the given time, bring students back to their home groups.
8. Ask each member to present his or her segment to the group. The
leader should encourage the flow of discussion and the asking of
questions.
9. The teacher should roam around the classroom and observe the
process. Make appropriate interventions for groups experiencing
difficulties.
10. At the end of the session, give a quiz to assess student learning.
Jigsaw had a different versions of the strategy were
advanced by other educators. which varied the mode of
grading and inserted some steps such as group review and
re-teaching in the process.
ADVANTAGES
:
The Jigsaw strategy is preferred by manyeducators
because it has many benefits in the classroom. after
implementing Jigsaw.
students demonstrated increased feelings of autonomy and intrinsic
motivation.
It promotes personal accountability of learning.
encourages group collaboration.
Jigsaw in stills a sense of ownership in learning.
TIPS:
1. Emphasize that each member has a valuable contribution to the group. can
also rotate the leadership so that all students will be given the opportunity
to lead the discussion.
2. Ensure that the given materials are of equal length and difficulty so that
they can be mastered by all students within the given time limit, or
possible, assign the materials based on students' abilities.
3. In some cases, teachers skip the formation of expert groups, believing that
individually mastering the segment is enough. The expert group is helpful
especially in clarifying points which some students might find difficult to
understand. So as much a possible, allow sufficient time for interaction
among expert groups to ensure rich and deep discussions among students.
Experience