jigsaw strategies

I and Himansha worked together and research on following question of Jigsaw Strategies.

• Q:1 What are some of the topics / concepts that can be taught using this strategy?  Explain with example.

·         Ans:1

The jigsaw classroom is a cooperative learning technique. These strategies can be used in the topics which are divided in different part.  The following topics or concept can be used in jigsaw strategies.

 Example:

·         1.Swot analysis.-

o    Strength, weakness, opportunity, threat

·         2. Types of retail store:

o    Kirana Store, convenience store, supermarket, hypermarket

·         3. Exclusive Brand Outlet / MBO multi brand outlet:

o    EBO: Samsung shop : TV, fridge, washing machine

o    MBO: one shop and multiple brands.

·         4. Retail verticals

o    Food and Grocery

o    Apparel, footwear and Accessories

o    Consumer durables

o    It and Mobile phones

o    Home

  Divide the day's lesson into 4-5 segments. For example, Retail verticals

Teacher divides retail vertical segments on: (1) food and Grocery (2) Apparel, Footwear and Accessories, (3) Consumer Durables (4) IT and Mobiles Phone (5) Home.

 Assign each student to learn one segment and go for jigsaw process.

Ans2:

What is the benefit of the jigsaw classroom?

1.    First and foremost, it is a remarkably efficient way to learn the material.

2.    The jigsaw process encourages listening, engagement, and empathy by giving each member of the group an essential part to play in the academic activity.

3.    Group members must work together as a team to accomplish a common goal; each person depends on all the others. No student can succeed completely unless everyone works well together as a team.

4.    This "cooperation by design" facilitates interaction among all students in the class, leading them to value each other as contributors to their common task.

5.    Most teachers find jigsaw easy to learn and enjoy working with it. It can be used with other teaching strategies.

6.    It is free for the taking Student will talk too much or try to control the group.

7.    Some students are poor readers or slow thinkers and have trouble creating a good report for their group In some cases, students may never have experienced cooperative learning before the jigsaw technique will work with older students who have been trained to compete with one another All of these problems are real but not fatal.

Q3:  What are the situations in which you will not use this strategy? Why?

Ans: 3 following situations will not use in this strategies

1.     We should have enough time to do this activity.

2.    These activities should be done if there is topic which can be divided in different part.

3.    If facilitator has done brief information about the topic if there is no information about the topic to student they cannot present it.

4.    It works even if only used for an hour per day as well as students are interested in this activity.

5.    As per rule we need to appoint one student from each group as the leader, initially this person should be the most mature in the group and if the student is not capable for this so teacher will difficulty to take jigsaw class.

6.    At the other end of the talent continuum, some students are so gifted that they get bored working with slower students then the jigsaw technique not effective.

7.    Making sure that nobody becomes bored because they catch on quicker, and making sure the slower one is not left. If not organized correctly, and kept in careful check, students have the potential to become overwhelmed and disunited and require an equal number of groups.

8.    If Teacher fail to encourage student to ask question to others group for clarification.

9.    If teacher did not prepared quiz on the material student count session just for fun or entertainment.