Jigsaw Learning

In class we learned about a new cooperative learning technique called jigsaw learning. This technique is a good way to avoid conflict among school children. The way jigsaw works is the students are broken up into smaller groups that contain 3-5 students. Once these groups are made, these groups are considered "home groups". While the students are in their home groups, they are assigned a different aspect or topic within their group. For example, while we were in our home groups we had to sign up for a Native American tribe. Once we signed up, we met up with different students from different home groups, who had the same topic as us. We worked together to research the topic, once we did that we returned to our home group and explained our topic. I really enjoyed this experience and can't wait to use it during student teaching and/or in the future. It was fun and engaging. It kept me on my feet and helped me be more social with people in my class.