EFFECT OF ‘JIGSAW’ COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY ON QUALITY OF LEARNING OUTCOMES AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of teaching through jigsaw technique on the learning outcomes in science for Xth class. The data were obtained through pre and post tests from 120 (60 experimental and 60 control group) tenth class randomly selected students from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Amritsar district of Punjab (India). Experimental group was taught through jigsaw technique and the control group was taught through traditional teaching techniques. The result of the study revealed significant difference between the learning outcomes in Academic Achievement gain scores of the experimental and control group. Learning outcomes in academic achievement of the group taught through jigsaw technique were significantly better as compared to the group taught through traditional techniques.