The Jigsaw Classroom: Overview of the Technique Overview of the Technique The jigsaw classroom is a cooperative learning technique with a three-decade track record of successfully reducing racial conflict and increasing positive educational outcomes. Just as in a jigsaw puzzle, each piece--each student's part--is essential for the completion and full understanding of the final product. Here is how it works: The students in a history class, for example, are divided into small groups of five or six students each. Eventually each student will come back to her or his jigsaw group and will try to present a well-organized report to the group. To increase the chances that each report will be accurate, the students doing the research do not immediately take it back to their jigsaw group. Once each presenter is up to speed, the jigsaw groups reconvene in their initial heterogeneous configuration. What is the benefit of the jigsaw classroom?
E. B. White Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985),[1] was an American writer. He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide, The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as "Strunk & White". He also wrote books for children, including Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan. Life[edit] White worked for the United Press (currently the United Press International) and the American Legion News Service in 1921 and 1922, and then became a reporter for The Seattle Times in 1922 and 1923. A few years later in 1929, White and Angell were married. Most of us, out of a politeness made up of faint curiosity and profound resignation, go out to meet the smiling stranger with a gesture of surrender and a fixed grin, but White has always taken to the fire escape. Career[edit] In 1959, White edited and updated The Elements of Style. Children's books[edit] Awards and honors[edit] Books[edit] References[edit]
Jigsaws Developed by Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton College "When efforts are structured cooperatively, there is considerable evidence that students will exert more effort to achieve - learn more, use higher-level reasoning strategies more frequently, build more complete and complex conceptual structures, and retain information learned more accurately" (Johnson and Johnson, 1999, Making Cooperative Learning Work). Over the years, the jigsaw technique has been the most popular cooperative learning strategy among faculty who have participated in On the Cutting Edge Course Design workshops. The jigsaw technique is a simple, well-structured cooperative learning structure that emphasizes both individual accountability and achievement of group goals, both of which are critical for improved student learning in cooperative settings. What are jigsaws? In a jigsaw, the class is divided into several teams, with each team preparing separate but related assignments. Learn more about jigsaws Why use jigsaws?
a 6-Trait Writing Lesson that uses the Choose Your Own Adventure Books An adventure is a fun story to write. Your writing task today, should you choose to accept it: write three paragraphs about one adventure in the life of a character who goes on lots of adventures. First, quickly choose an adventurer's name. If you can't think of one, you can press the first two buttons below. If you spend more than two minutes thinking up your name, you won't get to the important part of this writing activity. Choose quickly! Next, you need to choose three exciting small things that will happen to your adventurer during your three-paragraph story. Above all else, make your adventure organized and filled with memorable and unique details.
'Academically Adrift' FlashPlatform * Using the FileReference class To upload files to a server, first call the browse() method to allow a user to select one or more files. Next, when the FileReference.upload() method is called, the selected file is transferred to the server. If the user selects multiple files using the FileReferenceList.browse() method, Flash Player creates an array of selected files called FileReferenceList.fileList. You can then use the FileReference.upload() method to upload each file individually. Note: Using the FileReference.browse() method allows you to upload single files only. By default, the system file picker dialog box allows users to pick any file type from the local computer. var imageTypes:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Images (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.gif, *.png)", "*.jpg; *.jpeg; *.gif; *.png"); var textTypes:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Text Files (*.txt, *.rtf)", "*.txt; *.rtf"); var allTypes:Array = new Array(imageTypes, textTypes); var fileRef:FileReference = new FileReference(); fileRef.browse(allTypes);
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