P. I. G. S. Jigsaw Reflection

Positive Interdependence
Individual Accountability 
Group Processing
Social Skills
Face-to-face Interaction

CL really focuses on teaching students social skills, rather than just grouping them together to work on an assignment. It is important to inform students what they will be doing during the CL lesson. The teacher needs to explain what each students "job" is during the lesson and how they will be doing peer evaluations and self reflections. It is important to teach the students why all of these elements are important to learn and use during the CL lesson. During fieldwork we experienced that some of the students in each group didn't take their job serious. For example if a student was the "scribe" for the group, they just wrote whatever they thought was the answer. They didn't listen to their group members answers and collaborate and write down the agreed answers. After this activity I learned that the teacher should really only group the students into groups of 4 and they should implement what each students job is in their group and how important the jobs are before they are grouped and ready to work. CL is a fun lesson to prepare for and the students enjoy cooperating in it. They learn how to self reflect on how they think they did as a team member which falls under the "Individual Accountability", and they have a chance to do peer evaluations on how well their peers presented their work to the class which falls under the "Group Processing" element.  All elements of CL are important for students to learn before they actually participate in a CL lesson because then they can work their best and students are going to be participating in group work throughout their lives so it is good to teach them and engage them in it as much as possible.