Sally, you make some good points!
For me, I usually go home and read the whole thing over so it makes sense in
MY mind.
Jan
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your
grandmother.
-Albert Einstein
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Sally Thomas wrote:
> I agree with
I think the jigsaw strategy is especially good in workshops to give
participants an overall "taste" of something, AND when they have the
whole piece in their hands so that they can go off and read it later.
I don't think it's meant to give participants a complete, detailed
account.
Renee
While many people love jigsaw, I personally do not like it -especially when
I go to a conference and it is used. Why? You get someone's interpretation
of the piece, not necessarily what the author intended, or what you would
get from it. Also, I hate it if I don't get the first part to read as I
I agree with you Jan. Especially personally. I do think committed adult
learners always want every bit of the information, don't you think?And I
definitely wouldn't use jig sawing all the time.But I do think it is
useful for helping students who might have a very hard time reading a larger
HI Jan, I cannot say it always worked perfectly. (And for myself doing it
in grown up teacher groups I personally cannot stand not reading every word
- smile!) But it did work for my classes usually. I tailored the tasks each
group would do to the type of knowledge or info they needed to extract
Hi Sally,
I'd love to hear more about how the jig saw method has worked for you.
I have done that, and it usually fails for me. Too many students wait
for others to do the work for them. Parents (of the working students)
have complained to me about the unfairness.
Jan
Quoting Sally Th
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 21:16:00 -0500
"ginger/rob" wrote:
I received this email and I believe she intended it for the Mosaic group so
I am forwarding it on:
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My name is C. Wright. I am trying to incorporate reading into my 11th grade
content area because our stud
I think many readers don't develop reading stamina. The effort tires them
quickly, and it's especially hard when they are not motivated. I would not
lower the quality of the readings but make them shorter. Pick out key
passages for them to problem solve with as readers and then you fill in the
g
I received this email and I believe she intended it for the Mosaic group so
I am forwarding it on:
++
My name is C. Wright. I am trying to incorporate reading into my 11th grade
content area because our students score low on the reading and social
studies part of the
