| Jigsaw II Jigsaw II is a cooperative model which allows the students to become experts on part of the instructional material. Students become responsible for their own learning, which gives them increased motivation to learn. The typical Jigsaw II lesson will begin with a review of the content that is to be covered in class that day. Once the content has been established, the class will break into their learning teams. These teams will consist of 4 to 6 members. The goal of each team is to become experts about one particular aspect of the lesson. This is accomplished by breaking the teams into smaller groups of one or two people. These smaller groups are called expert groups. The groups focus on one particular topic within their team's larger general topic. These expert groups then become experts about this topic. After all of the expert groups have done their work, they all report back to the bigger team. This ensures that everyone in the team is up to date with what all of the expert groups have been working on. As the teacher, it is important that every student is involved in the lesson. That means that every student must be an important part of a learning team, and an expert group. It is suggested that the teacher give the expert groups time outside of class to familiarize themselves with the topic before they meet with their learning team. It is also good to extablish an expert sheet with each expert group. This sheet will give the groups information about possible activities, materials, and questions that could be asked within the group or team. When the experts return to the larger team, they will be responsible for teaching their subtopic to the rest of the team. It is good to encourage them to use a variety of different teaching methods when doing this. After this teaching session within each learning team, it is important to bring the entire class back together for a disscussion or questioning session. It is important to encourage the experts to discuss or answer questions about their subtopic whenever possible. This will help the students to feel more responsible. It will also make them feel that they have made a bigger contribution to the class learning process. The final step in the entire process is administering a quiz or test to each individual student. It is important to make certain that every student is learning what needs to be learned and that no student is left behind. |