Prejudice And Discrimination In The Jigsaw Classroom

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Prejudice and discrimination have always been an issue within society. Within this article, the writer talks about different ways in which researchers attempted to desegregate schools and how they tried to reduce stereotypes within the classroom. Ultimately, I agree with this article because being separated into different racial groups implies the idea that members of racial groups are inferior to those of the majority and by creating the Jigsaw Classroom, it allows students to understand the different qualities that other students have that can benefit the classroom and themselves. (Aronson, E., 2011)

While reading this article, I found myself agreeing with many of the different statements made by the writer. From personal experience, I

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