Jigsaw learning activity

           Throwback at week 3, Dr Jamaludin provide us a handout with titled, The 7 Principles of Learning meant for 21st century classroom or learning environment. After a brief explanation about the content of the handouts, Dr assigned everyone with a number and alphabet ABC to form 3 group. At first,  i thought we'll be grouped as A1, B1 and C1. Instead, we've be grouped as A1, A2 and A3, B1,B2 and B3, C1,C2 and C3. Based on the handouts given and in 15 minutes, Group A were asked to discussed about learning principle 1,2 and 3, Group B about learning principles 4 and 5 and Group C about learning principles 6 and 7. And then i wonder what else Dr asked us to do. After the discussion Dr then asked us to sit in a group consist of person A,B and C which is A1,B1 and C1 in a group and so on for group 2 and 3 where we have to explain the mastered principles tat have been discussed before to our fellow group members. After completing the task, Dr Jamal then explain the approach that been used as a part of cooperative learning that known as the jigsaw learning activity.

           

The reason i recall the activity because that i am so fond of the activity that i've never heard before. I really found that the activity is so effective in engaging student especially in handling and understanding an information by a reading material. Eventually, according to Mengduo & Xiaoling (2010), Jigsaw is said to be able to increase students’ learning since “a) it is less threatening for many students, b) it increases the amount of student participation in the classroom, c) it reduces the need for competitiveness and d) it reduces the teacher’s dominance in the classroom”. The full paper can be obtain here for further reading. Enjoy!!