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· This can be used as a grouping strategy or as a way of having students
assume responsibility for randomly assigned parts of a larger body of
information.
· To group students, create two copies of each question. Crumple them up
and give one to each student so that they do not know the content of what
they have been given.
· Have students imagine a divider in the classroom (e.g., a volleyball net) and
toss their snowball across the room. Another student will pick it up, unfold it,
then search the room to find a partner with the same question. Partners will
then work to research or answer the question.
· To focus on content, rather than groupings, using this strategy, have
students catch snowballs of questions created by the teacher and that will
become their question for the research task.

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First step:
- Students think silently about a question/ topic posed by teacher

Second step:
- Students pair up and exchange thoughts

Final step:
- Pairs share their responses to other pair/class.


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- Students are divided into jigsaw group of 5-6 person. The group should
be diverse in terms of gender, ethnicity, race and ability
- Appoint one student from each group as a leader. This students should
be the most mature student in the group.
- Lessons divided into 5-6 segments.
- Assign each student to learn one segment, making sure students have
direct access only to their own segment.
- Give students time to read over their segment at least twice and become
familiar with it. Not to memorize it.
- Form temporary ³expert ³ groups by having one student from each jigsaw
group join other students assigned to the same segment
- Bring students to back into their jigsaw group.
- Ask each students to present his/her segment to the group




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