Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Grade: Group 5 Reporting in EED 110

Group 5 Reporting in EED 110
Teaching Social Studies in

Elementary Grade
Prepared By:
Elyn Grace Eulatic
Ma. Fe Garganta
Kyla Ciudad
Ella Nepomuceno
Regine Dajay
BEED 2-B
Date: March 08, 2023
Submitted to:
Ms, Ailea Kathleen Golingay
LESSON 13
JIGSAW
Jigsaw - is a cooperative learning strategy developed by Elliot Aronson and his colleagues in
1971. It is a learning strategy that involves breaking a larger groups to work together on
different parts of a task or project. The name “jigsaw” comes from the idea of each small group
working on a piece of the puzzle and then coming together to assemble the final product.
As a cooperative learning strategy, Jigsaw was founded on Vygotsky's Social

Constructivism Theory which suggests that children develop knowledge through social
interaction. The strategy was given such a name because the process resembles a jigsaw puzzle.
Different parts of the lesson, compared to puzzle pieces, are distributed among students, and
they have to communicate and work together to arrive at the complete information. Jigsaw is
very much applicable in many social studies lessons, particularly those with content that can be
broken down for different groups to analyze.
10 steps in implementing this strategy:

1. Divide students into five or six-person home groups. Members should be diverse in terms of
gender, ability, and ethnicity (if applicable).
2. Appoint a leader for each home group.
3. Divide the day's lesson into five to six segments.
4. Assign each student in the home group to learn one segment.
5. Give students enough time to comprehend and master their assigned segment.
6. Form temporary expert groups by instructing students with the same segments to sit
together. Give them enough time to discuss the main points, clarify questions, and rehearse the
presentations they will make to their home group.
7. After the given time, bring students back to their home groups.
8. Ask each member to present his or her segment to the group. The leader should encourage
the flow of discussion and the asking of questions.
9. The teacher should roam around the classroom and observe the process. Make appropriate
interventions for groups experiencing difficulties.
10. At the end of the session, give a quiz to assess student learning.
Advantages
The Jigsaw strategy is preferred by many educators because it has many benefits in the
classroom. A study conducted by Hanze and Berger (2007) showed that, after implementing
Jigsaw, students demonstrated increased feelings of autonomy and intrinsic motivation. It
promotes personal accountability of learning since students are required to master their
segments independently and eventually share it with their groupmates. It also encourages group
collaboration, with students knowing that their information and understanding will not be
complete without working and communicating with their peers. Moreover, Jigsaw instills a sense
of ownership in learning, especially with the teacher acting as a mere facilitator instead of a
direct transmitter of knowledge.
Tips
1. Emphasize that each member has a valuable contribution to the group. This will minimize the
chances of smart students dominating the discussion while less-able students talk less. You can
also rotate the leadership so that all students will be given the opportunity to lead the
discussion.
2. Ensure that the given materials are of equal length and difficulty so that they can be
mastered by all students within the given time limit. If this is not possible, assign the materials
based on students' abilities.
3. In some cases, teachers skip the formation of expert groups, believing that individually
mastering the segment is enough. However, the expert group is helpful especially in clarifying
points which some students might find difficult to understand. So as much as possible, allow
sufficient time for interaction among expert groups to ensure rich and deep discussions among
students.
Lesson 14
Panel Discussion
The panel discussion - is a method that encourages the exchange of ideas that allows
the panel members and the audience to discuss a particular topic. It is often used to shed light
on issues regarding politics, community, and academic topic contents.
In the classroom, a panel discussion is a teaching strategy where students engage in a
conversation with a group of experts or peers who have different perspective on a specific
topic or issue. This strategy is used to deepen the students’ understanding of the subject
matter and to encourage critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills.
How to conduct a panel discussion?

 The teacher will act as the moderator. The learners will act as subject area experts;
however, the moderator is not a panelist. Hence, he/she will play a different role so
his/her ability to oversee the flow of discussion is important.
 Group the learners depending on the number of students. It should not exceed seven
members.
 The moderator and members should create a list of interview questions.
 During the pre-event interviews, the moderator should take good notes and discover
interesting stories and opinions that each panelist can give.
 The moderator, after the simple interview, will then develop a final list of questions for
the actual panel discussion. Note: The idea is to ask questions to bring out interesting
stories with spontaneity.
Room Set-up and Logistics

 To have a lively discussion, slides should not be used to replace discussions.
 Don't put your panelists behind a table. It creates a formal notion and adds distance that
prevents good interaction between the panelists and the audience.
 The best set-up is for the panel discussion to be in a slight semi-circle on comfortable
chairs with the moderator sitting in the middle.
 Place the exact number of seats for the expected panelists. This gets people to sit close
to the front so that the interactions can be better.
 Have a good microphone system ready.
The Moderator Takes Control

 It is the moderator's job to prevent anyone from disrupting the discussion. The
moderator must actively focus to keep things moving and to prevent any panelist or
audience member for any disruptions.
 The moderator should introduce the panelists and the topics to be discussed.
 The moderator asks questions, calling on one or two panelists for each question. In this
way, the discussion will be kept moving. Don't allow all the panelists to answer a question
simultaneously. Know when to move on to the next topic.
 To ensure spontaneity, a moderator should be prepared with different sets of questions.
Be a moderator who knows how to easily communicate questions.
 Make the discussion interactive by polling the audience with a few questions. Who is out
there? What do they do? Find out their areas of interest and list some, and ask people to
raise hands in response.
 Give the audience members a chance to participate.
Timing is Everything
 No more than 40 minutes for the panel discussion, leaving 20 minutes for audience
questions (30 if the discussion is lively) is the rule. However, because of the number of
groups to be accommodated, the time can be cut short.
 To ensure audience participation, the teacher-moderator can give questions to some
audience members ahead of time.
 In case the audience members want to take over, it is the role of the moderator to keep
them in their seats and ensure the smooth flow of the activity.
Assessment:
Q1. As a future teacher, why we need to

use jigsaw as a learning activity?
Q2. Can a teacher modify the panel

discussion to suit the needs of learners?
Explain your answer in 10 sentences.

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Teaching Social Studies in

Date: March 08, 2023

As a cooperative learning strategy, Jigsaw was founded on Vygotsky's Social

10 steps in implementing this strategy:

How to conduct a panel discussion?

Room Set-up and Logistics

The Moderator Takes Control

Q1. As a future teacher, why we need to

Q2. Can a teacher modify the panel

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