d. Integration and evaluation Teachers may design an individual, small-group, or whole-class activity shere
students can actively integrate their learning. Teachers will ask questions to help students reflect on what they have worked together and what they might
do the same of differently the next time they work together.
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It can be said that the implementation of jigsaw technique should be started from the introduction, teachers should introduce the rules or the instructions how
to start a jigsaw technique process. In addition, teachers should also introduce the material that will be learned generally. Then in focused exploration, students are
given an opportunity to work with groups. In reporting and reshaping, students are encouraged to pose questions and discuss the ideas in depth. The last stage is to
integrate and to evaluate the material discussed by presenting the result of the discussion of each group that has done.
5. The Advantages of Jigsaw Technique
Carolyn Kessler mentioned some advantages of applying jigsaw technique in the classroom.
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a. Provide opportunities for students to work in racially and culturally mixed groupings.
b. Provide an excellent learning environment for the acquisition of language through relevant content.
c. Support the communicative approach in language teaching. d.
Develop students‟ skills of analysis, comparison, evaluation, and synthesis of information.
The advantages stated by Carolyn Kessler are mostly from the students because as students have main role in jigsaw technique process, students should
get involved well in the process. Therefore, the ambience of learning process that provides the opportunities for the students to work in groups and to share ideas
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Slomo Sharan, Handbook of Cooperative Learning Methods, Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 1994, pp. 35-36.
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Carolyn Kessler, Cooperative Language Learning, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Regents, 1992, p. 137.
will likely to be effective. Besides, jigsaw technique can also enable the students to develop their skills. The advantages are mostly to improve students‟ reading
ability in the term of comprehension. Elliot Aronson also stated some advantages of jigsaw technique:
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a. Most teachers find jigsaw technique easy to learn. b. Most teachers enjoy working with it.
c. It can be used with other teaching strategies. d. It works even if only used for an hour per day.
e. It is free for the taking. The advantages inferred by Aronson are mostly located in teachers.
Aronson assumed that jigsaw technique is a really simple technique to apply as it is free for the taking and most teachers enjoy working with jigsaw technique.
From the description above, jigsaw technique is considered to have both advantages and disadvantages. The advantages are seen to be useful for both
teachers and students. Many teachers that have ever applied jigsaw technique enjoy in applying it.
6. The Disadvantages of Jigsaw Technique
