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4 Things You Don’t Know About the Jigsaw Method

…to out-perform each other because one student’s learning enhances the performance of the other students instead of inhibiting it, as is usually the case in most competitive, teacher-oriented classrooms.” For a more thorough understanding of the strategy and its history, read the Jigsaw Classroom’s Jigsaw Basics white paper. 2. Jigsaw is a social-emotional powerhouse. Although cooperative learning in general has been proven to have a strong positive impact on learning (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001), researchers have found that Jigsaw in particular improves students’ social-emotional learning. In studies comparing Jigsaw with traditional direct instruction, students taught with the Jigsaw method demonstrated increased feelings of autonomy, competence,…

Instruction and Assessment Videos

…cool strategy. Read our full article on the Inductive Learning Strategy. Back to Top Jigsaw Like pieces of a puzzle, Jigsaw has groups of students assume responsibility for different parts of the content, then teach their part to the rest of the class. Read our full article on the Jigsaw Method. Back to Top Mind’s Eye Some texts are just hard for students to get into. The Mind’s Eye strategy grabs their attention before they ever read a single word and creates a mystery that can only be solved by reading the text. Read our full article on the Mind’s Eye Strategy. Back to Top…

Episode 149: Nine Ways Online Teaching Should Be Different from Face-to-Face

…same. If we want students showing up, if we want them to know that this is worth their time, it really needs to be something active and engaging for them. Any time they can work with the material, categorize it, organize it, share further thoughts on it, discussion, all of those are great things to do within a small group. One other small group possibility is using the jigsaw method. What I like about this is it has a high effect size, meaning that there’s a lot of research to support that it works, and it works well. This in…

9 Ways Online Teaching Should be Different from Face-to-Face

…questions or exit slips. You can then use synchronous meetings for more interactive, engaging work. “If we want students showing up, if we want them to know that this is worth their time,” Kitchen explains, “it really needs to be something active and engaging for them. Any time they can work with the material, categorize it, organize it, share further thoughts on it, have a discussion, all of those are great things to do in small groups.” Small group strategies she strongly recommends: The Jigsaw method, where students form expert groups on a particular chunk of content, then teach that…

5 Common Teaching Practices I’m Kicking to the Curb

…David, your experience with the Tobias Wolff story is powerful. And Tobias Wolff stories are so rich…what a shame that students had a lukewarm first experience with that one! About the Jigsaw issue: I felt the same way. I did more research and discovered I wasn’t quite doing it right. Jigsaw also has a few other variations that further strengthen learning and accountability that I was unaware of. So I put everything I learned in a post all about the Jigsaw Method. It includes a step-by-step video showing you how to do it. I’d love to hear if there is…

How to Create a Self-Paced Classroom

…form of game boards or checklists and are kept in student binders or folders. Educators who use individual trackers will frequently check that students are using them effectively and accurately; sometimes they will label checkpoints indicating when students need to show mastery before moving forward. Click image to enlarge. Regardless of which method you use, it is vital to have a method for tracking pace. Otherwise you run the risk of turning a controlled chaos learning environment into a completely chaotic one. Maintaining a High Level of Collaboration Too often, folks assume a self-paced classroom is one where students learn…

The Importance of Maslow’s Fourth Tier

…for seeing connection”. It’s more about a way we frame our thinking when we address it from a lens of understanding (not blatant acceptance). Connie Hamilton Kelly, Thanks for sharing about BeGLAD. I agree that jigsaws with expert groups are effective strategies for empowering students as leaders and sources of information for their peers. As a matter of fact, Jenn writes about 4 Thinks You Don’t Know About the Jigsaw Method here: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/jigsaw-teaching-strategy/ Connie Hamilton Erin, Thanks for your question. Love and belonging is, as you suggested, more than just being a member of a club. It’s the overall feeling…

Episode 208 Transcript

…production. So a lot of agency on the part of students to decide where to go deep, what to, in the context of project-based learning, what topics they might tackle. A lot of sort of decisions about, like, well, what are you most curious about and why? And how can we jigsaw the learning in this space so that different kids are responsible for different segments of learning? So, for example, if you’re in a history classroom where you’re studying revolutions and trying to come up with some theory about why revolutions happen, you know, you have different kids, who…

Making Cooperative Learning Work Better

…effective collaboration. Use cooperative structures. In my own classroom, I rarely did anything to actually structure group work. I was barely aware that formal structures existed for this type of thing. Since then I have learned that quite a few of these have been developed to provide a framework for collaborative tasks. To implement most of these well, some training or professional development will likely be necessary. Some of the structures that were recommended by teachers are listed here: Team-Based Learning Learn More Popular in medical schools but applicable for K-12, this method groups students into heterogeneous teams that stay…