TY - JOUR AU - Dr. Sindhu Thamban PY - 2020/12/22 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - JIGSAW II: An Effective Strategy to Develop Reading Comprehension Among School Children JF - Shanlax International Journal of English JA - english VL - 9 IS - S1-i1-Dec SE - Articles DO - 10.34293/english.v9is1-dec2020.3611 UR - https://shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/english/article/view/3611 AB - The Jigsaw II, one form of Cooperative learning techniques is an efficient strategy to use in a language classroom. The basic activities include 1) Reading with team members 2) Expert group discussion 3) Team members report 4) Test 5) Team recognition. The jigsaw II strategy is easyto implement and works well with a wide range of students.Previous researches related to Jigsaw II shows that it is more powerful and effective and appropriate in situations where learning is from text based materials. Reviews related to the strategy shows that no researches have been carried out to develop the reading comprehension of the high school students, particularly in the Indian context. Hence through this paper an attempt has been made by the researcher to check the effectiveness of Jigsaw II in developing the reading comprehension of High school students.The study statistically revealed that there is significant difference in the reading comprehension achievement of the students who were taught by using the traditional method and to those taught by using the Jigsaw II strategy. In accordance with the qualitative and quantitative findings attained it was found that Jigsaw II was found to be more effective than the traditional teaching method in developing the reading comprehension of high school students. ER -