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Improving library instruction with the jigsaw classroom
1. Improving Library Instruction with the Jigsaw
Classroom
Robert Monge
Instruction
Western Oregon University
E-mail monger@wou.edu
Website: www.wou.edu/~monger
11. Jigsaw Instruction are
being used in a variety
of disciplines
David V. Perkins
Renee N. Sarris
(2001)
A “Jigsaw Classroom”
Technique for
Undergraduate Statistics
Courses
Teaching of Psychology
28.2:111-113.
14. Including Library Instruction
Michael Lorenzen
(2003)
Encouraging Community
in Library Instruction: A
Jigsaw Experiment in a
University Library Skills
Classroom.
Illinois Libraries (Online)
85.1: 5-14
15. 5 Minutes – Introduction / Divide students
into four groups: Wilson Select,
Proquest, Lexis-Nexis, MD
Consult
25 Minutes – Fill in worksheet as group to
learn databases
20 Minutes –Each group selects a
spokesperson—spokesperson
has five minutes to demonstrate
a search using the instructor
station.
16. 5 minutes: Introduction: Divide students into three
groups.
Group 1: Find Books—WorldCat
Group 2: Academic Search Premier
Group 3: Proquest
15 minutes: Fill out worksheets as group to
learn database
5 minutes: Reorganize groups--Each new group
has at least one member Group 1,
Group 2, Group 3
25 minutes: Have each member from new group
teach the other members of the group
about their database.
Follow up: Post three filled out worksheets to class
page
19. Post to CMS / Library Website
Class Tutorials
WorldCat
Academic Search Premier
Proquest Research Library
Library Assignment PDF
Tutorial Review--PDF
20. References
http://c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/Tools/authoring.html
Chan, P.Y.L. (2007). Jigsaw technique in international fashion retailing. International
Journal of Learning 13.11: 121-125
Clark, R.C. & Mayer, R.E. (2003). e-Learning and the Science of Instruction. San Francisco:
Pfeiffer.
Perkins, D.V. & Sarris, R.N. (2001). A “jigsaw classroom”
technique for undergraduate statistics courses. Teaching of Psychology 28.2:111-113.
Doymus, K. (2008). Teaching chemical equalibrium with the jigsaw Technique. Research in
Science Education. 38.2: 249-260
Lorenzen, M. (2003). Encouraging community in library instruction: A jigsaw experiment
in a university library skills classroom. Illinois Libraries (Online) 85.1: 5-14
Mayer, R.E. (2001) Multimedia learning. New York: Cambridge University Press.
21. Please feel free to contact me if you
have questions.
Robert Monge
Instruction
Western Oregon University
E-mail monger@wou.edu
Website: www.wou.edu/~monger