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ERIC Number: EJ316139
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Evaluation of Jigsaw, a Cooperative Learning Technique.
Moskowitz, Joel M.; And Others
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v10 n2 p104-12 Apr 1985
Eleven fifth-grade teachers received Jigsaw training and conducted Jigsaw in their classes for one year. Process evaluation revealed the quality and frequency of Jigsaw implementation varied greatly. Jigsaw had no positive effect on the outcome variables (student attitudes, achievement, attendance, behavior), even in proficiently implemented classes. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperation, Formative Evaluation, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Learning Strategies, Student Attitudes, Summative Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cooperative Learning; Jigsaw Method
Note: Study supported by a grant from the Prevention Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA02147). Final version written with the support of a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism research center grant (AA06282-01).