Lesson Plan Design & Bloom’s Taxonomy EnhanceEdu

Agenda  Objectives  Lesson Plan  Purpose  Elements of a good lesson plan  Bloom’s Taxonomy – it’s relevance  Presenting the lesson plan  Reflecting on it  Common mistakes  Activity EnhanceEdu

Objectives of this session  To share ideas on:  Elements of good Lesson plan design  Application of lesson plan in the classroom  Bloom’s Taxonomy EnhanceEdu

Lesson Plan  Purpose  Elements of a good lesson plan  Bloom’s Taxonomy – it’s relevance  Presenting the lesson plan  Reflecting on the lesson plan  Common mistakes  Activity EnhanceEdu

Lesson Plan  Purpose  Elements of a good lesson plan  Bloom’s Taxonomy – it’s relevance  Presenting the lesson plan  Reflecting on the lesson plan  Common mistakes  Activity EnhanceEdu

Purpose What do I want students to learn? What teaching and learning activities will I use? How will I check for understanding? EnhanceEdu

Lesson Plan  Purpose  Elements of a good lesson plan  Bloom’s Taxonomy – it’s relevance  Presenting the lesson plan  Reflecting on the lesson plan  Common mistakes  Activity EnhanceEdu

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 EnhanceEdu

Elements of a lesson plan: Information about learners EnhanceEdu

Information about the learners  Ability and interest levels  Backgrounds  Attention spans  Ability to work together in groups  Prior knowledge and learning experiences  Learning styles & preferences EnhanceEdu

Elements of a lesson plan: Outline Learner Objectives “Begin with the end in mind” - Stephen Covey EnhanceEdu

Why learner Objectives?  Facilitate course development through objective- directed planning  Inform students of the expectations of course  Guide the development of instructional activities  Guide the development of assessments and evaluations EnhanceEdu

Characteristics  Specific and focused  Targets performance  Realistic to achieve  Can be measured and validated  Time-bound with a deadline EnhanceEdu

Lesson Plan  Purpose  Elements of a good lesson plan  Bloom’s Taxonomy – it’s relevance  Presenting the lesson plan  Reflecting on the lesson plan  Common mistakes  Activity EnhanceEdu

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited” Bloom’s Taxonomy EnhanceEdu

Bloom’s Taxonomy  Goals of the educational process  Three domains of educational activities:  Cognitive  Affective  Psychomotor EnhanceEdu

Bloom’s Taxonomy EnhanceEdu Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge

Original Terms EnhanceEdu New Terms Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering

Bloom’s Taxonomy - Revised EnhanceEdu Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering

 Remembering of previously learned material  Examples:  know common terms  know specific facts  know methods and procedures  know basic concepts  know principles EnhanceEdu

Understanding  Ability to grasp the meaning of material  Examples:  understand facts and principles  interpret verbal material  interpret charts and graphs  translate verbal material to mathematical formulae EnhanceEdu

Applying  Ability to use learned material in new and concrete situations  Examples:  apply concepts and principles to new situations  apply laws and theories to practical situations  solve mathematical problems  construct graphs and charts  demonstrate the correct usage of a method or procedure EnhanceEdu

Analyzing  Ability to break down material into its component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood  Examples:  recognize unstated assumptions  Recognize logical fallacies in reasoning  distinguish between different parts  distinguish between facts and inferences  analyze organizational structure of a work EnhanceEdu

Evaluating  Ability to judge the value of material for a given purpose  Examples:  judge logical consistency of written material  judge adequacy with which conclusions are supported by data  judge value of a work by the use of internal criteria  judge value of a work by use of external standards of excellence EnhanceEdu

Creating  Ability to put parts together to form a new whole  Examples:  write a well organized theme  give a well organized speech, write a creative short story  formulate a new scheme for classifying objects  integrate learning from different areas into a plan for solving a problem  propose a plan for an experiment EnhanceEdu

Elements of a lesson plan: Develop the Introduction EnhanceEdu

Develop the Introduction  Check the familiarity of the topic  With a question/activity/electronic survey  Preconceived notions about the subject?  Develop creative introduction  to stimulate interest and encourage thinking  Variety of approaches EnhanceEdu

Elements of a lesson plan: Plan specific learning activities EnhanceEdu

Elements of a lesson plan: Plan specific learning activities EnhanceEdu

Use Instructional Materials  Text Books  Power point presentations  Journal articles  Multimedia materials: Instructional audio/video  Rubric EnhanceEdu

Plan specific learning activities  Prepare different ways of explaining the material  Catch the attention of students  Appeal to different learning styles  Design learning activities  Time for discussion EnhanceEdu

Elements of a lesson plan: Assess understanding EnhanceEdu

Assess understanding  Are students learning?  Ask questions  Check against learning objectives  Anticipate questions: productive/non-productive? EnhanceEdu

How to apply Bloom’s Taxonomy? EnhanceEdu

Remembering  Exam Question Cues:  List  Define  Tell  Identify  Show  Label  Collect  Tabulate  Quote  Name  Who  When  Where EnhanceEdu

Understanding  Exam Question Cues:  Summarize  Describe  Interpret  Predict  Associate  Distinguish  Estimate  Differentiate  Discuss  Extend EnhanceEdu

Applying  Exam Question Cues:  Apply  Demonstrate  Calculate  Complete  Illustrate  Show  Solve  Examine  Modify  Relate  Change  Classify  Experiment  Discover EnhanceEdu

Analyzing  Exam Question Cues:  Analyze  Separate  Order  Explain  Connect  Classify  Arrange  Divide  Compare  Select  Infer EnhanceEdu

Evaluating  Exam Question Cues:  Assess  Decide  Rank  Grade  Test  Measure  Recommend  Convince  Select  Judge  Explain  Discriminate  Support  Conclude  Compare  Summarize EnhanceEdu

Creating  Exam Question Cues:  Combine  Integrate  Modify  Rearrange  Substitute  Plan  Create  Design  Invent  What if?  Compose  Formulate  Prepare  Generalize  Rewrite EnhanceEdu

A good teacher makes you think even when you don’t want to EnhanceEdu

Lower and Higher Order Questions  Questions at lower levels are appropriate for:  Evaluating students’ preparation and comprehension  Diagnosing students’ strengths and weaknesses  Reviewing and/or summarizing content  Questions at higher levels are appropriate for:  Encouraging students to think more deeply and critically  Stimulating students to seek information on their own  Problem solving  Encouraging discussions EnhanceEdu

Elements of a lesson plan: Develop a conclusion & a preview EnhanceEdu SummarizeReviewPreview

Elements of a lesson plan: Create a realistic timeline EnhanceEdu

Create a realistic timeline  Why?  Students may need something else  A realistic timeline reflects your flexibility and readiness to adapt to the specific classroom environment  Strategies  Narrow down list of learning objectives  Estimate time for each activity, plan extra time  Indicate time in lesson plan  Plan for questions at end of class  Plan extra activity or discussion  Be flexible EnhanceEdu

Lesson Plan  Purpose  Elements of a good lesson plan  Bloom’s Taxonomy – it’s relevance  Presenting the lesson plan  Reflecting on the lesson plan  Common mistakes  Activity EnhanceEdu

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 EnhanceEdu

Lesson Plan  Purpose  Elements of a good lesson plan  Bloom’s Taxonomy – it’s relevance  Presenting the lesson plan  Reflecting on the lesson plan  Common mistakes  Activity EnhanceEdu

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 EnhanceEdu

Lesson Plan  Purpose  Elements of a good lesson plan  Bloom’s Taxonomy – it’s relevance  Presenting the lesson plan  Reflecting on the lesson plan  Common mistakes  Activity EnhanceEdu

Common mistakes  Poorly written objectives lead to faulty inferences  The lesson assessment is not connected with the behavior indicated in the objective  Prerequisites are not specified or are inconsistent with the lesson requirements  The materials specified in the lesson are irrelevant to those described learning activities  Teacher’s instructions are inefficient  Students activities do not contribute effectively to the lesson objective EnhanceEdu

Lesson Plan  Purpose  Elements of a good lesson plan  Bloom’s Taxonomy – it’s relevance  Presenting the lesson plan  Reflecting on the lesson plan  Common mistakes  Activity EnhanceEdu

Now it’s your turn…  Create 6 lesson objectives for topic of your choice  Each objective must involve a different level of Bloom’s Taxonomy  You have 15 minutes  Be prepared to share your objectives with the group EnhanceEdu

Thank You EnhanceEdu