Effective Lesson Planning

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Effective Lesson Planning
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Agenda

• Objectives
• Lesson Plan
• Purpose
• Elements of a good lesson plan
• Blooms Taxonomy its relevance
• Presenting the lesson plan
• Reflecting on it
• Common mistakes
• Activity

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Objectives of this session

• By the end of the session, participants should be
  able to
• Understand lesson plan design and its elements
• Appreciate the usage of lesson plan in the
  classroom
• Understand Blooms Taxonomy its application to
  classroom
• Understand create learning objectives

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Lesson Plan

• Purpose
• Elements of a good lesson plan
• Blooms Taxonomy its relevance
• Presenting the lesson plan
• Reflecting on the lesson plan
• Common mistakes
• Activity

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Purpose
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Elements of a good lesson plan

• Information about the learners
• Outline learner objectives
• Develop the introduction
• Plan the specific learning activities (the main
  body of the lesson)
• Assess understanding
• Develop a conclusion and a preview
• Create a realistic timeline

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• Elements of a lesson plan
• Information about learners

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• Elements of a lesson plan
• Outline Learner Objectives
• Begin with the end in mind

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• The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a
  fire to be ignited
• Blooms Taxonomy

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Blooms Taxonomy

• Goals of the educational process
• Three domains of educational activities
• Cognitive
• Affective
• Psychomotor

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Blooms Taxonomy
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge
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Original Terms
New Terms
Evaluation
Creating
Synthesis
Evaluating
Analysis
Analyzing
Application
Applying
Comprehension
Understanding
Knowledge
Remembering
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Blooms Taxonomy - Revised
Creating
Evaluating
Analyzing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering
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• Elements of a lesson plan
• Develop the Introduction

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• Elements of a lesson plan
• Plan specific learning activities

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• Elements of a lesson plan
• Assess understanding

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How?

• Lower Order Questions
• Higher Order Questions

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• How to apply
• Blooms Taxonomy?

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Remembering

• Exam Question Cues
• List
• Define
• Tell
• Identify
• Show
• Label
• Collect
• Tabulate
• Quote
• Name
• Who
• When
• Where

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Remembering

• Exam Question Cues
• List
• Define
• Tell
• Identify
• Show
• Label
• Collect
• Tabulate
• Quote
• Name
• Who
• When
• Where

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Understanding

• Exam Question Cues
• Summarize
• Describe
• Interpret
• Predict
• Associate
• Distinguish
• Estimate
• Differentiate
• Discuss
• Extend

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Applying

• Exam Question Cues
• Apply
• Demonstrate
• Calculate
• Complete
• Illustrate
• Show
• Solve
• Examine
• Modify
• Relate
• Change
• Classify
• Experiment
• Discover

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Analyzing

• Exam Question Cues
• Analyze
• Separate
• Order
• Explain
• Connect
• Classify
• Arrange
• Divide
• Compare
• Select
• Infer

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Evaluating

• Exam Question Cues
• Assess
• Decide
• Rank
• Grade
• Test
• Measure
• Recommend
• Convince
• Select
• Judge
• Explain
• Discriminate
• Support
• Conclude
• Compare
• Summarize

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Creating

• Exam Question Cues
• Combine
• Integrate
• Modify
• Rearrange
• Substitute
• Plan
• Create
• Design
• Invent
• What if?
• Compose
• Formulate
• Prepare
• Generalize
• Rewrite

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• Elements of a lesson plan
• Develop a conclusion
• a preview

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• Elements of a lesson plan
• Create a realistic timeline

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Presenting a lesson plan

• Share lesson plan with students
• write brief agenda on the board
• Tell students explicitly what they will be
  learning
• Provide handout of learning objectives for the
  class
• Keeps them more engaged and on track

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Reflecting on a lesson plan

• Lesson plan may not work as expected
• Spend a few minutes after each class
• What worked well and why
• What could have done differently
• Plan for additional feedback
• Helps in adjusting to the contingencies of the
  classroom

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Common mistakes

• Poorly written objectives lead to faulty
  inferences
• Lesson assessment not connected with behavior
  indicated in the objective
• Prerequisites not specified or inconsistent with
  lesson requirements
• The materials specified in the lesson irrelevant
  to those described in learning activities
• Teachers instructions inefficient
• Students activities do not contribute
  effectively to lesson objective

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Now its your turn

• Create 6 lesson objectives for topic of your
  choice
• Each objective must involve a different level of
  Blooms Taxonomy
• You have 15 minutes
• Be prepared to share your objectives with the
  group

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• Thank You