The jigsaw classroom overall leads to positive effects, but findings vary depending on the academic subjects and psychosocial variables measured¶
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q2 i? Across the reviewed literature, the jigsaw classroom overall leads to positive effects, though findings vary by academic subject and by the psychosocial variables measured. → Eva Vives 2024
Evidence¶
Eva Vives 2024¶
Eva Vives, Céline Poletti, Anaïs Robert, Fabrizio Butera, Pascal Huguet, et al.. (2024). Learning With Jigsaw: A Systematic Review Gathering All the Pieces of the Puzzle More Than 40 Years Later. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543241230064
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Systematic review of jigsaw studies from 1978 through 2022; the review's synthesis states that "the jigsaw classroom overall leads to positive effects" while "findings vary depending on the academic subjects and psychosocial variables measured." No pooled effect size is reported in the available text.
"If the results indicate that the jigsaw classroom overall leads to positive effects, findings vary depending on the academic subjects and psychosocial variables measured."
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Related Claims¶
- Sixty-nine studies on jigsaw met the review's inclusion criteria for the 1978–2022 period — related
- In secondary-school research, cooperative learning beat frontal teaching in 68% of comparisons, with STAD most and Jigsaw least successful — related
- The jigsaw review revealed research trends, research gaps, and issues of research integrity in the jigsaw literature — a broader claim this one bears on
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The jigsaw classroom overall leads to positive effects, but findings vary depending on the academic subjects and psychosocial variables measured |
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The jigsaw classroom overall leads to positive effects, but findings vary depending on the academic subjects and psychosocial variables measured |
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