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Planning and Observation: Lecture

Name ____________________ Topic _______________________________
Observer___________________ Setting __________________ Date____________________

Developed as part of the South Dakota State University Models Based Instruction Undergraduate Teacher Education program, 1991-1999

CONTEXTING: PRE-LECTURE Activities and Strategies observed or planned

1. Connect with Course Goals and Outcomes:
       Activities, strategies, or statements that help students understand what finally should be learned from this lesson and how it fits into a larger context of the unit, course goals, or school outcomes.

2. Activate Topic Knowledge:
      Activities and strategies that help students activate topic knowledge needed for comprehending the lecture.

3. Introduce the Advance Organizer to focus attention:

Present a visual organizer that directs attention to the desired structure of ideas. Clear articulation of what students should understand as a result of this lecture, the purposes for learning the content in this manner, and the organizing principles that underlie the structure of ideas.

COMPREHENDING: DURING LECTURE Activities and Strategies observed or planned

4. Delivery
        a) Present Concepts, & b) Use Lecture Pauses
       On-going reference to the Advance Organizer. *** Coherent presentation, relevant examples, broken into manageable concepts.
       Lecture pauses are used periodically to organize and relate ideas, check for understanding, and aid in reinforcement of concepts.

LEARNING: POST LECTURE Activities and Strategies observed or planned

5. Practice with Ideas:
      Activities and strategies that allow students to work with the structure of ideas. Engaging students in problem solving, comparing, contrasting, etc. allows for refinement, changes as necessary. Resulting in valid and shared understanding and organization of content.

6. Synthesize Ideas:
      Activities and strategies that help students connect the ideas generated in step 5 to broader structures of related knowledge and perspectives. These connections may emphasize content connections and /or personal connections to lesson ideas. Insights gained in this step should expand the concept(s) for later learning and emphasize relevance of the content in a larger world.

7. Re-connect to course goals or outcomes:
      Activities to generate relationships of the concepts learned in this lecture and the thinking processes pursued to significant outcomes of the school.

CONTEXTING: PRE-LECTURE	Activities and Strategies observed or planned
1. Connect with Course Goals and Outcomes: Activities, strategies, or statements that help students understand what finally should be learned from this lesson and how it fits into a larger context of the unit, course goals, or school outcomes.
2. Activate Topic Knowledge: Activities and strategies that help students activate topic knowledge needed for comprehending the lecture.
3. Introduce the Advance Organizer to focus attention: Present a visual organizer that directs attention to the desired structure of ideas. Clear articulation of what students should understand as a result of this lecture, the purposes for learning the content in this manner, and the organizing principles that underlie the structure of ideas.
COMPREHENDING: DURING LECTURE	Activities and Strategies observed or planned
4. Delivery a) Present Concepts, & b) Use Lecture Pauses On-going reference to the Advance Organizer. *** Coherent presentation, relevant examples, broken into manageable concepts. Lecture pauses are used periodically to organize and relate ideas, check for understanding, and aid in reinforcement of concepts.
LEARNING: POST LECTURE	Activities and Strategies observed or planned
5. Practice with Ideas: Activities and strategies that allow students to work with the structure of ideas. Engaging students in problem solving, comparing, contrasting, etc. allows for refinement, changes as necessary. Resulting in valid and shared understanding and organization of content.
6. Synthesize Ideas: Activities and strategies that help students connect the ideas generated in step 5 to broader structures of related knowledge and perspectives. These connections may emphasize content connections and /or personal connections to lesson ideas. Insights gained in this step should expand the concept(s) for later learning and emphasize relevance of the content in a larger world.
7. Re-connect to course goals or outcomes: Activities to generate relationships of the concepts learned in this lecture and the thinking processes pursued to significant outcomes of the school.