Jigsaw Model
I LIKE ABOUT THIS MODEL: The Jigsaw Model is a cooperative learning strategy, which is about individual students becoming experts on subsections of a topic and having students teach that subsection to others
POSSIBLE DRAWBACKS OF USING THIS MODEL:In the Jigsaw Model,even though student experts will be teaching and making presentations to their classmates, they will not be able to teach as well as the teacher, so teachers should fill in the missing pieces of the topic by giving out study guides, guided notes, and asking students.
HOW I CAN SEE MYSELF USING THIS MODEL: I can see myself using the Jigsaw model in class when discussing the different positions of power in government. To assess the extent to which student experts explain their content clearly to their peers, teachers should review their; personal notes, checklists, and ratings scales, so that they may assess that they are not only explaining the subject matter clearly, but also that their group mates are retaining the concept being taught.
OTHER COMMENTS/COMPARISONS: The Jigsaw strategy requires each student be responsible for completing and understanding their part of a project the topic is about. Each students part of the project is essential to complete the final project, so all students have equal status within their group.
Jigsaw Lesson Plan Example
Some of the strengths in this lesson example is that the teacher discussed what the students learned the day before and what they will learn tomorrow do you can gauge on how much you need to cover before the next lesson.The teacher expects that the learner will be able evaluate the responses of individuals to historic violations of human dignity involving discrimination, persecution, and crimes against humanity based off of the days previous discussions that days lesson and the next days lesson.
I find this lesson example very useful because not only is it a history lesson example for secondary education, but it also lists a multitude of accomodations and modifications that can be made for special needs students, and gender or culturally diverse students. The teacher even goes as far as to explain that the classroom environment needs to be accepting and inviting to those students who wish to tell their experiences during whole group discussion.
While the teacher makes the students show what they are learning by filling out the worksheets they were given. They also will be taking notes while they discuss and the teacher can collect those notes at the end of class.The teacher deviates from the model by not using a rating scale, so that they may assess that they are not only explaining the subject matter clearly, but also that their group mates are retaining the concept being taught.
Jigsaw Lesson Plan Example
One of the strengths in this lesson example is that the teacher lists all the different types procedures according to each stage. The teacher explains in the plan that because there are so many stages, this particular lesson would have to take a span longerer than one day to implement in the classroom.
I like this lesson example greatly because not only is it a history lesson example, but like the last model, it lists a multitude of accomodations and modifications that can be made for addressing students learning styles during this lesson. The teacher even goes as far as to list teaching strategies for visual and auditory learners.
The teacher deviates from the model in their lesson plan by stating that they would not by providing practice for this objective.The teacher decides to not provide practice for this instructional objective directly, but as the school year continues, the students will continue to brainstorm and create lists and categories in conjunction with reading and writing.