Technique to incorporate jigsaw cooperative learning teaching strategy

1. JIGSAW COOPERATIVE LEARNING
By: Melanie O’Callahan

2. **Gather your students**
We will begin with a class of 16
students

3. **Topic is selected by instructor**
Our topic will be diseases of the
urinary system

4. ** Divide students into equal
groups**
We will have 4 groups with 4
students in each group

5. **Each group is given a specific topic
to research**
My groups will research Cystitis,
Renal Failure, Pyelonephritis, and
Uremia

6. **Each group will have a way to
present gathered information**
My groups will insert findings in a
prepared diagram containing the
required information
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
CAUSES DISEASE
TREATMENT/CURE
ORGANS
INVOLVED

7. **Once research is complete, 1
person from each group will move
to another group so that groups
now contain 1 member from each of
the original groups**

8. **Each student takes a turn teaching
what they have learned to their
group of peers**
My students teach their disease

9. **By the end of the lesson, each
student has both taught a lesson to
his peers and learned a lesson from
his peers**

10. **Pros of Jigsaw Learning**
*cooperative learning from working
in groups
*interactive research keeps students
involved
*utilizes differentiation to
incorporate learning styles
*allows students to be the teacher

11. **Cons of Jigsaw Learning**
*not all group members may
participate equally
*possibility of inaccurate information
being conveyed
*peer distractions/students off task
*social awkwardness for shy or
introverted students

12. **Please see the link below for a you
tube video of how jigsaw cooperative
learning is demonstrated**
• Jigsaw