Cooperation in the Classroom

The Jigsaw Method

Elliot Aronson, Shelley Patnoe

• Publisher: Pinter & Martin
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN: 9781905177790
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Classroom Management

The jigsaw classroom is a cooperative learning technique with a three-decade track record of successfully reducing racial conflict and increasing positive educational outcomes. Not only does it open the door to warmer, closer friendships within and across ethnic boundaries, it has also proved effective at raising the self-esteem of students while improving their performance and increasing their liking for school and their enthusiasm about learning.

The jigsaw technique was first developed in the early 1970s by psychologist Elliot Aronson and his students at the University of Texas and the University of California. Since then, hundreds of schools have used the jigsaw classroom with great success.

With a new foreword by Joshua Aronson.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword by Joshua Aronson
• Why we wrote this book: a foreword (of sorts) about a revolution (of sorts)
• Chapter 1: Classroom Competition and Cultural Diversity
• Chapter 2: Cooperative Learning: Background and Issues
• Chapter 3: How to Transform a Collection of Competitive Individuals into a Cooperative Group
• Chapter 4: Jigsaw: The Pieces of the Puzzle
• Chapter 5: Examining the Pieces of the Puzzle: Solving Problems in the Jigsaw Classroom
• Chapter 6: Putting all the Pieces Together
• Chapter 7: Research on Jigsaw
• Chapter 8: Sharing Jigsaw: An In-Service Workshop
• Chapter 9: Cooperation in the Context of a Competitive Society
• Afterword: A Letter From Carlos
• Appendix A: NASA Exercise: Seeking Consensus
• Appendix B: NASA Exercise: Individual Work Sheet and Group Work Sheet
• Appendix C: Answer Sheet for NASA Exercise
• References
• Index