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The Jigsaw Advantage: Should Students Puzzle It Out? [Repost]
This post got a LOT of attention when our blogger first wrote it back in…

Getting Bossy about Jigsaws; “Don’t Fence Us In”
Back in February, I wrote about the “Jigsaw method” of teaching. In this strategy, teachers…

The Jigsaw Advantage: Should Students Puzzle It Out?
The “jigsaw” method sounds really appealing, doesn’t it? Imagine that I’m teaching a complex topic: say,…