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Cycle 1 started with a plan that I would divide the class into 8 home groups consisting 5 students and I
divided them into two big groups; group A consisting of group one to four and group B consisting of group five
to eight and I asked the students to choose their own partners. In addition, I applied Jigsaw, rally coach and
numbered-head-together techniques of cooperative learning (see appendix C).
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Observations on the group discussions and the application of the four pillars were done while they were
doing the discussions in the four sessions. After the process the students were given a questionnaire to support
my observation on their group effectiveness in sharing the material. The findings from the questionnaire were
used to reflect on my own practice.