The technique of the "Group puzzle" in pedagogy

The technique of the "Jigsaw technique" is a method for classroom organizations, in which all students depend on each other. It was developed by the social psychologist and professor Elliot Aronson in 1971.

The bottom line is that the teacher breaks the class into groups, and assignments into parts that the students must put together as a puzzle. There is a positive dependence on each other, as well as collective responsibility.

This technique is an effective way to learn the material. More importantly, the process of folding a puzzle (puzzle) encourages active listening, participation and empathy, giving each member of the group a significant role in academic activities.

For teachers this technique has several significant advantages:

It is quite simple to learn both for the teacher and for the students.
It is similar to a game, which greatly increases the involvement of students.
It can be used together with other pedagogical strategies.
The technique can be used even if you have only one lesson.
It does not require material costs.
Here is a step-by-step structure that will teach you how to use this method.

By the way, this same simple method can also be used to identify social ties in the classroom. The teacher simply offers the students to share and supervise the process. This way one can understand who is friends with whom, who remains outside the groups, how different participants manifest themselves in the course of teamwork.

Step two: in each group, designate one leader
Here, too, you can do things differently: it is not always necessary to choose the strongest student or informal leader of the collective. See how others will show themselves.

Step three: divide the lesson into 5-6 segments
Of course, this is not a strict number. First of all, find out how many pieces will be in your puzzle.