- Were my students talking about the subject, or was I doing all of the talking and students were just listening to me?
- Were my students engaged at the beginning of the lesson?
- How much time did I spend reviewing homework, and how much time did I spend on new material?
- Did the students respond to “How” and “Why” questions?
- Did my students have an opportunity to discuss and/or write about the topic?
- What changes would I make next time the lesson is taught?
- What steps do I need to take next in this topic?
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Online reflection this week
I know some of you have had a chance to pilot lesson ideas and your STEM notebook templates, and documenting those lessons is underway. Please be sure to do some reflection including the following questions:
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During my teacher professional developments I strive to model best teaching practices. My most recent professional developed allowed teachers to participate with their “student hat”. Learning targets were clearly defined. Teachers were engaged using an engineering design challenge. Possible missing conceptions and deeper understandings were prompted through the implementation of a NSTA Formative probe. Participants were then asked to develop inquiry questions to guide the explorations. Teachers engaged in cross-curricular activities/investigations that tied back to the design challenge. Finally, teachers completed the design challenge. In the evaluation, the formative probe was revisited and teachers were assessed on the learning targets using one of the success criteria formative evaluation techniques.
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2. Were my students engaged at the beginning of the lesson? Students were directly engaged with the engineering design challenge.
3. How much time did I spend reviewing homework, and how much time did I spend on new material? N/A
4. Did the students respond to “How” and “Why” questions? Each exploration prompted students to respond to questions in their STEM notebook. These questions prompted deeper understanding and application.
5. Did my students have an opportunity to discuss and/or write about the topic? Yes, See 4. Students also created a commercial about their new innovation utilizing both oral and written communication.
6. What changes would I make next time the lesson is taught? Increasing the time of the training.
7. What steps do I need to take next in this topic? N/A