Lesson Design: Preparing for a Class Period Cynthia Hall and Josh Galster With material from Rachel Beane, Heather Macdonald, & David McConnell • Elements of lesson design • Lesson planning ac-vity • Framework for review
LessonDesign:PreparingforaClassPeriodCynthiaHallandJoshGalster
WithmaterialfromRachelBeane,HeatherMacdonald,&DavidMcConnell
• Elementsoflessondesign• Lessonplanningac-vity• Frameworkforreview
Whatdidyourfavoriteteachersincludeintheirlessonsthathelpedyoulearn?
OneApproachtoLessonDesign
Framethelesson• Importance
• Priorknowledge• Goals
StudentAc2vity• Promoteslearning
• PeerinteracIon
• Timeneeded?
Assessment• Learninggoalsmet?
StudentReflec2on• Opportunitytothinkabouttheirlearning
OrganizeLesson• Outline&reviewlesson• Prepareslides&materials• PracIce
1.Startyourplanning
• Importance:Whyshouldstudentscare?• Priorknowledge:Whatknowledgedostudentsbringtothislesson(fromthiscourseandfromotherexperiences)?
• Goals:Whatshouldstudentsknow/beabletodobytheendofthelesson?
ExampleverbsforwriInglessongoals(Studentswillbeableto…)
Cogni2veDimension(versionofBloom’sTaxonomy)
KnowledgeDimension Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create
Facts list paraphrase classify outline rank categorize
Concepts recall explain demon-strate contrast cri2cize modify
Processes outline es2mate produce diagram defend design
Procedures reproduce giveanexample relate iden2fy cri2que plan
Principles state convert solve differen2ate conclude revise
Metacogni2ve use interpret discover infer predict actualize
Table from http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html using Clark & Chopeta (2004) and Clark & Mayer (2007).
2.Con2nueyourplanning
• Whatac2vi2eswillbeinyourlesson?
• Howwillyouassessstudentlearning?
ExamplesofInteracIveAcIviIes• Project• GalleryWalk• Think-pair-share• LectureTutorial• Debate• Jigsaw• ConceptMap• Discussion• ConcepTest(group)• …
hUp://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer/teaching/toolkit.html
GalleryWalkintroducingREEin30person,non-majorscourse.PhotobyKevinTravers,BowdoinCollege.
3.Outlineyourlesson
• Beginning–“Hook”
• Middle–interacIveacIvity
• End–studentsdiscuss/synthesize/reflect
Willstudents/learners…– seeaclearframework?– use&beassessedonpriorknowledge?– invesIgate/exploresciencethroughanac2vity?– interactwitheachother?– reflectontheirlearning?– belistenedtoandrespondedto?
4.Reviewyourlessonplan
Reviewyourlessonplan• Istheframeworkcleartostudents?
(Ques-onofday,outline,learningoutcomes,conceptmap…)
• Doesthelessonuse/assesspriorknowledge? (brainstorm,everydayexperiences,ConcepTest,previouslessons…)• Isthereanac2vitythatallowsstudentstoexploreorinvesIgate? (predict,hypothesize,assess,represent/interpretdata…)• WillstudentsInteractwitheachotheraboutcoursecontent? (Think-pair-share,gallerywalk,jigsaw…)• Arestudentsaskedtoreflectontheirlearning? (minutepaper,conceptmap,howdoyouknow?…)• Willyouhaveanopportunitytolisten&respond? (ques-on-response,listeningtodiscussions,ConceptTests…)
ClassPrepastheBlob
• ClassprepwillexpandtofillwhateverImeyouallowit:onemoreimage,onemoreexample…– LimitpreptoasetIme.
• Trynottoover-prepare:haveconfidence!– AllowsforcreaIveclassdiscussionsandunexpecteddirecIons
– IncludinginteracIveexerciseseasierthanlecturing• Powerpointisnotalwaysyourfriend
Samplelecturenotesonsurfacerunoff• Runoffvs.infiltraIonoverImecurves:whendoes
runoffhappen?• InfiltraIonratesconstant?
• Runoff• InfiltraIon• Throughflow• Baseflow
• FactorsaffecIngpermeability• AMC• Timesincelastrainfall,Frozenground,Clays,
VegetaIon,Fires,Slope,Hydrophilicsubstances(fire,clays)
• Sheetwash/overlandflow• Rills• Channelizedflow
• Erosion:movementofmaterial• BedShearstressdependsondepthandslope• τ=ρghS
• PosiIvefeedbackcycleofchanneldevelopment
• Discharge:volumeperIme• Differentwaystomeasuredischarge• AxV=Q• Velocityprofile(0.6*d)
• Smallerandsmallerboxes
• Hydrograph:depthordischargeoverIme• Basichydrographandrain• LagIme,Precip• Baseflow• Risinglimb• Fallinglimb• Groundwaterrecession(linearporIonof
hydrograph)
• Effectoflandusechange
• Baseflowandpeakflow
5’Paper:Reflec-ngonLessonDesign
• Whatisthemostimportantconceptthatyoulearned?
• Whataspectofthissessionwasmosthelpfulforyourlearning?
• Howwillyouapproachplanningforyournextclass?