Jigsaw method
Overview
- Influence: Jigsaw method
- Domain: Teaching Strategies
- Sub-Domain: Instructional strategies
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
- Influence Definition: The Jigsaw instructional method is a cooperative approach to learning. Following this method, a teacher introduces a main topic and several subtopics. Jigsaw students are broken into "home groups", and each member of the home group is assigned a subtopic. Then, students form expert groups to study their assigned subtopic through research and discussion. After the students have mastered the subtopic in question, they return to their home group to report on their findings. At the conclusion of the exercise, each home group member has learned about each subtopic from a member of the relevant expert group or through their own investigation with an expert group.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 3
- Number of studies: 91
- Number of students: 5,912
- Number of effects: 87
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.92
- Robustness index: 3
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EKEV Akademi Dergisi | Batdi | Turkey | Jigsaw tekniginin ogrensilerin akademik basarilarina etkisinin meta-analiz yontemiyle incelenmesi | 2014 | Jigsaw on achievement | 37 | 0 | 37 | 1.20 |
| Frontiers in Psychology | Drouet, Lentillon-Kaestner, & Marhas | France | Effects of the Jigsaw method on student educational outcomes: systematic review and meta-analyses. | 2023 | Jigsaw on achievement | 43 | 4,247 | 43 | 0.77 |
| Nurse Education in Practice | Ozkan & Uslusoy | Turkey | Outcomes of jigsaw technique in nurse education: A systematic review and meta-analysis. | 2024 | Jigsaw on achievement | 11 | 1,665 | 7 | 0.58 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 91 | 5,912 | 87 | 0.85 | |||||