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B.4.4 Jigsaws Figure 1: Jigsaw Puzzle
The teaching and learning strategy known as the expert jigsaw was configured by Elliot
Aronson in the late 1970s. This strategy asks students to explore new information within the
dynamics of a group setting. Cooperative group skills are a prerequisite for this type of
learning. Students are divided into three groups, which are called home groups. Each group is
assigned a number or a name. The content to be learned is broken into three sections. The
content is distributed so each home group receives one of the three sections of content. The
use of color codes is a useful technique to implement within this activity. Three different colors
are used to distinguish between the three content sections to be learned. Members from each
group move to an expert group where the main points of the content are discussed. Members
of the expert group process this new information and return to their home groups to teach
other members the main points of what they learned from the activity. Research states that
this is one technique that stimulates significant learning within the brain since it requires critical
analysis and articulation before the acquired knowledge can be taught to others.
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