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The development of education is strongly influenced by global factors. This global development has a serious impact on the quality of education graduates. Many standards emerge to meet these demands. This responsibility rests with the university, especially the university which produces graduate teacher candidates. Universitas Negeri Padang is one of the Indonesian universities in charge of this. Researches are conducted in order to produce learning innovations, one of which is our research. We have researched classes to improve the teaching abilities of prospective teachers in the Biology Department, Universitas Negeri Padang. We use a modified Jigsaw learning model. This research uses quantitative observation methods for students who take Biology Instructional Methodology course. Our results were tabulated on average. We collected the initial value before giving treatment. The final score is 84.7 with very good criteria. The results of this study indicate that the Jigsaw learning model that we modified can improve teaching abilities for prospective teacher students in the Biology Department, Universitas Negeri Padang. This research contributes to increase knowledge and continue to improve the quality of learning in the future.