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Sierra Stevenson

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February 12, 2014

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Jigsaw II
The strength of Jigsaw is the student-student interaction it promotes
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1. Specifying learning objectives -being clear about your learning objectives 2. reparing study guides -topic students need support !. "orming student#s teams -groups should reflect diversity$ boys, girls, minorities %. Supplementing &e'pert( presentations -plan for contingences so you can fill in missing pieces of the topic to ensure that your students meet content objectives

1. )ssigning e'perts- students are assigned a component of the topic to study in depth 2. *nformation gatheringstudent e'perts study in depth !. +'pert meetings- e'pert for each component of topic meet and prepare presentations %. eer *nstruction- e'perts present information about their component to their group ,. -eview and .losure- topic is reviewed and summarized

Presentation wont always be clear and some info will be missing Help students fill in the gaps Make sure they get all correct and necessary information -students are held accountable for all information in expert presentations

Students get the opportunity to study and present a component they are more interested in. Also, they get to work with their peers.

So what? What is important to understand about this?

Students get to work together, study, organize, and present information they researched on their own and came as a group to agree on.