西南石油大学学报(社会科学版) ›› 2018, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (6): 78-83.DOI: 10.11885/j.issn.1674-5094.2018.08.24.01

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An Experiment of Jigsaw Technique in Mental Health Course for College Students

Chen Lihong, Liu Li   

  1. Department of Student Affairs, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu Sichuan, 610500, China
  • Received:2018-08-24 Online:2018-11-01 Published:2018-11-01

Abstract: Mental health course for college students integrates class lectures on mental knowledge, and students' mental experience and behavior training. Social development and students' psychological inclination make it imperative to reform the teaching of mental health course."Jigsaw" theory holds that each member in a learning group is requisite. It helps cultivate students' ability of autonomous learning and promote cooperation by encouraging them to take an active part in their learning. This experiment aims to find out the effect of Jigsaw technique on students' performance and depth of learning. The subjects involved are 104 freshmen students from the same major who are divided into experimental group and control group. The experiment result showed that students of the experimental group score higher than the control group and engage in classroom activities more actively, and that they have a more positive preference to mental health course.

Key words: Jigsaw technique, mental health course, cooperative learning, instructional design, teaching exploration

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