Jigsaw Learning

Oct 2, 2009 by Susan Fitzell

I recently suggested that a colleague use a Jigsaw approach to cover reading material with his college students. After hearing about how successful the strategy was for him, I realized that the Jigsaw is one of those easy and effective teaching strategies that is also vastly under utilized.

While I do talk about the Jigsaw in some of my seminars, and I train the teachers I consult with to use it, I don’t talk about it in great detail. There are a variety of print and online resources that discuss this teaching strategy, but the clearest and most comprehensive, in my opinion, is The Jigsaw Classroom, a website devoted entirely to the use and implementation of the Jigsaw. Take a look and add this great strategy to your teaching tool box.