ITC: 68 - What is a Jigsaw and How to Use It in the Classroom

Dr. Elliot Aronson developed the Jigsaw Method as a strategy to increase cooperation at a time when classrooms were plagued by hostility due to classroom desegregation. The Jigsaw Method both had students standout as unique entities as well as essential group members. Students become experts on a topic but then must teach what they know to the rest of their group. During an intermediate step, the experts come together to improve upon what has been learned during independent study. Dr. John Hattie conducted extensive metastudy analysis to include the Jigsaw Method. He discovered that the effect size for the Jigsaw method was very large (1.2). Out of 130 learning factors, the Jigsaw method ranked seventh. In this episode, we look at the Jigsaw Method in more depth. Come learn more. Show notes: https://tubarksblog.com/itc68  Music credit: https://www.purple-planet.com/  Sponsor: https://tubarksblog.com/scrivener  Sponsor: https://tubarksblog.com/read-to-succeed/