EDU 440 Lecture 7: EDU440 Lecture 7
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Organize the parts of your lesson into a coherent sequence. Check for new terms and be ready to define them. Consider what interest the lesson is likely to have for your students. Stay with the planned sequence rules obvious change is needed. Focused and concrete: examples, illustrations, demonstrations, physical props and charts, avoid vague expressions. Ask students to define basic concepts that were covered in previous lessons that will be needed to comprehend the new materials. During presentation, ask students to write their answers to a pertinent question. Students, seated in groups, are given a problem to discuss and solve. Then the teacher asks one student in each group to summarize its solution. At several times during the lesson, teacher displays multiple choice questions, students answer. Teacher observes student behavior, and walks around looking for evidence that students can perform the task. Increase in the amount of student talk and reduction in the amount of teacher talk.
