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Jigsaw technique step structure and the Jigsaw II / Jigsaw IV variant differences

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Description

The article describes the jigsaw technique as a cooperative learning procedure in which students are divided into 3-7 person jigsaw groups, the subject is divided into segments, students meet in expert groups to learn their segment, return to their jigsaw groups to teach it, and finally take an individual quiz. Drawing on Holliday (2002), it tabulates nine steps and identifies that "Jigsaw II and Jigsaw IV techniques diverse in 1 st, 4th, 6th, 7th and 9th steps": Jigsaw IV adds a teacher-led introduction, an expert-group accuracy check, a second whole-material test, a whole-class review, and optional re-teaching of missed material.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Students are divided into 3-7 person jigsaw groups and the subject is divided into segments
  • Expert groups work together before returning to home teams to teach their segments

Constraints

  • The ninth-step re-teaching practice is optional and unnecessary when students have gained the required behaviors

Target Learners

  • primary school (6th grade) science students

Learning Goals

  • science content achievement on the atoms and basic units of matter topic

Claims

  • Cooperative Learning

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Turkmen, H. & Buyukaltay, D. (2015). Which one is better? Jigsaw II versus Jigsaw IV on the subject of the building blocks of matter and atom. Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH), 1(2), 88-94. https://www.jeseh.net
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title Jigsaw technique step structure and the Jigsaw II / Jigsaw IV variant differences
description The article describes the jigsaw technique as a cooperative learning procedure in which students are divided into 3-7 person jigsaw groups, the subject is divided into segments, students meet in expert groups to learn...
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