An experience in the use of the jigsaw technique to teach object-oriented design

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Abstract

Cooperative or collaborative learning techniques are based on student cooperation aimed at the achievement of a common goal. With these kind of techniques, the student has to face the challenge of not only learning individually, but also explaining concepts or ideas to his/her classmates that they do not understand, which implies a practice of their communication, argumentation, and discussion skills. This paper presents a pre-experimental study about the teaching of object-oriented design using the jigsaw technique, including and evaluation based on pre/post testing. The results of the tests taken allowed us to corroborate that students who had some misconceptions at first, improved their knowledge and performance after their participation in the cooperative work. After the class, the students commented that the work carried out with the jigsaw technique improved their comprehension and learning about object-oriented design.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2014 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1062-1067
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479944378
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jan 2014
Event2014 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2014 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 3 Dec 20146 Dec 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2014 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2014

Conference

Conference2014 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited Arab Emirates
CityDubai
Period3/12/146/12/14

Keywords

  • cooperative learning
  • jigsaw
  • object oriented design

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