Bingo. Today I was able to verify my findings about the Language Through Arts Students with the third and final group. To be sure that they were not simply including all the material for the sake of my approval, I tweaked the arrangement of the lesson a little.
Yesterday, the pairs of students reported on their jigsaw reading to the entire group and myself. Today, I split the pairs so that there would be two groups, each with a reporter on each section. And… Bingo! Even when I was not present, students still did not distinguish between main and supporting ideas or omit incidental details. They even included complete explanations and examples I had given to them personally when they had asked for illumination, even if I was not within visible earshot during their reporting.
I discussed this with other teachers, and their findings are similar to my own. We seem to have identified the phenomenon- but what is the reason for it?
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