Stacks of cards can be sent to a third and fourth group. Stacks of cards are finally returned to the senders, who may discuss the alternative answers. Using this structure, students are responsible for teaching each other material. A unit of work, often a reading, is divided into 4 expert areas, and each student on a team is assigned one area. Experts from different teams meet together at tables to discuss their expert areas.
Students then return to their teams and take turns teaching.
A quiz may be given at this time. Jigsawing materials refers to any strategy in which each student on a team receives only a piece of the material that is to be learned so that students must rely on the other members of their team to learn all of the material. Using Role Cards While working in cooperative learning groups it is necessary for each member of the group to be assigned a task and be given a role. Once a decision has been made as to the number of groups and the roles that will be needed to perform the task, a set of role cards, similar to the ones below, should be constructed for each team member. Roles should be rotated on a regular basis so that all students become proficient in each task.