Learning Intentions
Learning Intentions
(Teacher Clarity – effect size of 0.75)
(Teacher Clarity – effect size of 0.75)
What am I learning?
What am I learning?
Why the jigsaw method is such a powerful strategy to use in learning
Why the jigsaw method is such a powerful strategy to use in learning
How the jigsaw method works
How the jigsaw method works
Ideas for using the jigsaw method for student and adult learning
Ideas for using the jigsaw method for student and adult learning
Why am I learning it?
Why am I learning it?
To help learners share responsibility for each other’s learning
To help learners share responsibility for each other’s learning
To use critical thinking and social skills to complete an assignment
To use critical thinking and social skills to complete an assignment
To improve listening, communication, and problem-solving skills
To improve listening, communication, and problem-solving skills
How will I know when I have learned it?
How will I know when I have learned it?
I can explain to someone why the jigsaw method is so powerful.
I can explain to someone why the jigsaw method is so powerful.
I can set up the jigsaw method in my classroom or for a professional learning event.
I can set up the jigsaw method in my classroom or for a professional learning event.
The Process
The Process
1. Divide into Home Groups of four people each.
1. Divide into Home Groups of four people each.
* John Hattie’s Research, What an Effect Size Is, and Why the Jigsaw Method Is So Powerful
* John Hattie’s Research, What an Effect Size Is, and Why the Jigsaw Method Is So Powerful
* How the Jigsaw Method Works
* How the Jigsaw Method Works
* Tips and Tricks for Using the Jigsaw Method
* Tips and Tricks for Using the Jigsaw Method
* Ideas for Using the Jigsaw Method with Student and Adult Learners
* Ideas for Using the Jigsaw Method with Student and Adult Learners
3. Study the provided content to become an “expert” on your chunk of content, assigned by the group you selected. Use the content provided under your emoji. Please note that the most useful content is listed first.
3. Study the provided content to become an “expert” on your chunk of content, assigned by the group you selected. Use the content provided under your emoji. Please note that the most useful content is listed first.
4. Meet in Expert Groups to discuss your common content. Compare ideas and collaborate on key ideas and thoughts about your content to share with your Home Groups. Use the Google Slides provided.
4. Meet in Expert Groups to discuss your common content. Compare ideas and collaborate on key ideas and thoughts about your content to share with your Home Groups. Use the Google Slides provided.
5. Return to your Home Group and present your content chunk to the other members of the group. The others listen carefully and take notes, asking questions as needed.
5. Return to your Home Group and present your content chunk to the other members of the group. The others listen carefully and take notes, asking questions as needed.
6. Get with a partner who is not in either your Home or Expert group and discuss the provided questions.
6. Get with a partner who is not in either your Home or Expert group and discuss the provided questions.
7. The whole class will discuss what has been learned. An assessment may be given after this discussion.
7. The whole class will discuss what has been learned. An assessment may be given after this discussion.
The Content
The Content
John Hattie’s Research, What an Effect Size Is, and Why the Jigsaw Method Is So Powerful
John Hattie’s Research, What an Effect Size Is, and Why the Jigsaw Method Is So Powerful
Cooperative learning in general has been proven to have a strong positive impact on learning (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001).
Cooperative learning in general has been proven to have a strong positive impact on learning (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001).
Good for SEL: In studies comparing jigsaw with traditional direct instruction, students taught with the jigsaw method demonstrated increased feelings of autonomy, competence, and intrinsic motivation (Hänze & Berger, 2007).
Good for SEL: In studies comparing jigsaw with traditional direct instruction, students taught with the jigsaw method demonstrated increased feelings of autonomy, competence, and intrinsic motivation (Hänze & Berger, 2007).
Tips and Tricks for Using the Jigsaw Method
Tips and Tricks for Using the Jigsaw Method
"As you, the teacher, move from group to group checking on their progress, make sure you ask the group members the deep questions, those related to the concepts being learned that stretch student thinking.
"As you, the teacher, move from group to group checking on their progress, make sure you ask the group members the deep questions, those related to the concepts being learned that stretch student thinking.
Don’t ask things like “How are you coming?” or “Do you have any questions?” That moves students from deep learning back to surface learning." Dr. John Hattie
Don’t ask things like “How are you coming?” or “Do you have any questions?” That moves students from deep learning back to surface learning." Dr. John Hattie
Ideas for Using the Jigsaw Method with Student and Adult Learners
Ideas for Using the Jigsaw Method with Student and Adult Learners
Check Your Understanding
Check Your Understanding
Get with a partner and share the answers to the following questions:
Get with a partner and share the answers to the following questions:
Why is the jigsaw method so effective for learning?
Why is the jigsaw method so effective for learning?
What is the basic process of the jigsaw method?
What is the basic process of the jigsaw method?
What potential problems might I encounter in using the jigsaw method?
What potential problems might I encounter in using the jigsaw method?
How might I use the jigsaw method in my classroom or in a professional learning experience I offer?
How might I use the jigsaw method in my classroom or in a professional learning experience I offer?
