Re: GEN Read a book in an hour? - jigsawing

[Betty Dawn Hamilton <bhamilt@TENET.EDU>]

On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Alice Yucht wrote:

> "Jigsawing" is a "cooperative learning strategy" that sounds great,
> looks good on lesson plans, but rarely works in the long run.
> It's been written up in lots of teaching guides, (esp. for whole language),
> as a good way to get everyone involved in the learning.
> Personally, I think it fragments more than it unites, especially in reading.

Thanks, Alice.  I received quite a few messages from people who say
basically the same thing you are saying.  Some have said that it works
o.k. for group gathering of information, but most of us prefer to read it
for ourselves instead of letting someone else summarize for us.

Betty
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