Jigsaw Strategy Case Study

Chapter 1
The Problem – Its Background Change is inevitable. There is nothing permanent in this world except change. Cliché it may sound but holds true in nature. Change can be providential, serendipitous, or purely accidental by nature. It is a constant occurrence. And because of this inescapable phenomenon, learners are also continuously evolving. They radically change based on the fast changing of the society. The needs, culture, and standards of the society are some of the reasons of these changes. Therefore, it dictates what kind of learners should the school produced. The schools provide education which is designed to create learners needed by the changing world. It provides rudimentary skills and knowledge needed for the students to

Just like a jigsaw puzzle, each piece serves as student's part which is essential for the full understanding and completion of the final product. This means if each student’s part is essential, hence each student is essential. This makes the jigsaw strategy effective in the classroom.
In the study made by Taroy (2013), she viewed jigsaw as a cooperative learning method that can be used in many different kinds of secondary school subjects. This approach is appropriate when you want to teach a topic that can be conveniently divided into several major components. It can also be helpful if information related to each component is organized under a common set of headings. In her study, she found out that jigsaw strategy helped students to develop responsiveness and individual accountability by exerting efforts to analyze and study their part in the group report. It also encouraged students to work cooperatively in a group. In terms of academic performance, the students were able to learn the lesson well as this was proven in the result of the evaluation made by the teacher-