Jigsawreading教学法的介绍及其应用.ppt

It allows teachers to level students and give them suitable readings. This ensures that no one is bored, but that each learner has information that the others in the group require to complete the task. 4. Can be used in a variety of content areas: Everyone in the class is challenged, and this challenge leads to more effective learning. In addition, students are active, both mentally and physically, while being exposed to a wealth of new language and language forms. 5.Can be adapted for use in all age groups: Teachers may want to group students according to same age levels, same or different sex, depending on the story. Thus, the technique can be used in different kinds of classrooms. 6. Promotes individual and group Responsibility: Students see their worth within the group, which develops self confidence and self respect 7. Avoids dominance by one group member. Everyone is responsible for his or her own learning as well as the learning of everyone else and the ultimate score of the group. 8. Creates peer acceptance and understanding: Students have an opportunity to interact with each other. 9. Develops social social-skills such as: a. turn-taking, b. polite interruption, c. cooperation, d. mutual interdependence, e. encouragement, and f. moral support. 10. Aids in assessment: Teachers can assess their students progress in a variety of skill areas as students participate in the activity. 10. Aids in assessment: This opportunity is desirable where a teacher is working with groups of language or literacy learners, or where a teacher is working in a specific content area at the same time as helping students develop their reading and writing skills (Plow, 1990). Potential disadvantages: It is unfair to present the benefits of the jigsaw reading without presenting its shortcomings as well. First, if students do not fully understand the paper they are presenting, … …they will spread incorrect information to their group memb