Action Research Plan

Observed Issue:
Children work better and faster when they work cooperatively. They get engaged in the task and
learn from their peers, so the outcomes should be more interesting and effective. How do I
organize a jigsaw Classroom/activities?

Subject:
Jigsaw Strategy

Language:
English

Literature
Review:

Grade:
5th grade

Variables/Factors:
-SEN students
cultural diversity
-Parental involvement
- Exposure to ICT

-Socioeconomic and
-Different learning styles

Class:
Social and
Natural Science

Interventions: What could you implement in your

Article/Study 1:

Article/Study
2: Berger, R;

Walker, I; Crogan, M
1998

Academic
Performance,
Prejudice, and
the Jigsaw
Classroom: New
Pieces to the
Puzzle

Data Collection Techniques &Tools:

classroom?

-A technique for carring out different activities/tasks at

the same time in different groups

Hanze, M, 2005

Impact of
Expert
Teaching
Quality on
Novice
Academic
Performance
in the Jigsaw
Cooperative
Learning
Method
Initial:

Article/Study 3:

Article/Study 4:

Ozturk, K ; Denkci, F,
2013
The Effect of
Cooperative
Learning Activities
on Anxiety and
Motivation in
Multilevel Adult
Classes

Balestrini, M
Hernandez-Leo, D ;
Nieves, R; Blat, J,

Ongoing:

Final:

Timeline: Outline how long the action plan will take.1 school year

2014
Technology-Supported
Orchestration Matters:
Outperforming PaperBased Scripting in a
Jigsaw Classroom

Implement Intervention: What will you do and how will it work?

A technique for carring out different activities/tasks at the same time in different groups
-Students will be working en teams on different task every team.
-Team work and cooperative learning/working
-The students will use their own skills and resources to accomplish the tasks, creatively and using
critical thinking
-organization, respect, group rules, sharing, helping, will be some of the values will be developed
Data Interpretation: What do the data tell you

Evaluate Action Research Plan: What worked and didnt and why?

Reflection: Why did you select this topic? What have you learned from this process?

Original template by Arayna Yearwood, 2011. Updated by Bonnie Corretjer & Maria Katradis, 2012. Updated by Maria
Katradis & Kelley Webb, 2015.