1. If my classroom only had five available computers, one of the ways I could still implement the Jigsaw method would be to give each student roughly 15 minutes at the computer, and just condense the assignment to one specific thing to research. For example, if the assignment were on the Holocaust, I could assign one student to research the number of people who died, give one person the responsibility to look up Hitler's influence in 1941. This way, each student can still get time at the computer, but I would still have the opportunity to use the Jigsaw method.
2. An advantage of this would be that this is a very effective use of reciprocal teaching, and allowing the students to act as teachers. This also helps boost students' confidence when it comes to knowledge and passing it onto others.
3. A disadvantage to this would be that students might get lazy with the research and go straight to sources like Wikipedia, and not utilize academic databases and articles.
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