..One of the Fun Way To Learn BIOLOGY..

::: COOPERATIVE LEARNING..Let's try these method: STAD (Student Teams- Achievement Divisions) and JIGSAW :::

I had so much fun today with my biology students from 5 Harvard....The topic of my focus today in biology is about the support and locomotion in humans and animals. Yesterday, i already taught and discussed with them some of the important points in this subtopic and i asked them to divide themselves to 6 small groups for today's presentation. The presentation went awesomely well, and i can say that both party, students and teacher had an awesome time during the Teaching and Learning process..

.As u know, learning pure science subjects can be very hard for students..I mean, we're talking about learning tough subjects like Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Add Math..but, if u know how to tackle the students and once they got their self-confidence, it's gonna be much easier for us, teachers, to teach them these subjects (of course with the right method)...so, im gonna share with u my method of teaching biology..it's called the STAD and JIGSAW method..

What is STAD actually?

Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD)  In Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD), students are assigned to four-member learning teams (in my case, 3 members) that are mixed in performance level, gender, and ethnicity. The teacher presents a lesson, and then students work within their teams to make sure that all team members have mastered the lesson. Finally, all students take individual quizzes on the material ( in my case, i asked them to do presentations and Q&A session follows afterwards). Teams that meet certain criteria may earn certificates or other rewards.

JIGSAW???Pardon me???What is that??

Jigsaw, on the other hand, is a cooperative model in which students are assigned to 6 members teams (in my case, i form 3 members in each group), to work on academic material that has been broken down into sections for each group. For example, in Subchapter 2.1, there are 6 subtopics altogether and i assigned each group to master 1 subtopic. After that, they'll teach the other team with the subtopic that they already mastered and vice versa, by doing presentation in front of the class. Since the only way students can learn the other subsections other than their own is to listen carefully to their teammates, they are motivated to support and show interest in one another’s work.

So, there u go....i forgot to take some pix to show to u how i did the STAD and Jigsaw with my class just now, but i think all teachers must've done these methods somehow.....

To all teachers, let's continue doing what we love to do and stay true to our profession.....Cheerio...