Teaching Chemical Equilibrium with the Jigsaw Technique

This study investigates the effect of cooperative learning (jigsaw) versus individual learning methods on students’ understanding of chemical equilibrium in a first-year general chemistry course. This study was carried out in two different classes in the department of primary science education during the 2005–2006 academic year. One of the classes was randomly assigned as the non-jigsaw group (control) and other as the jigsaw group...