Creating Productive Learning Environments: Principles of Instruction Chapter 13

Principles of Instruction Teaching Goals/Objectives/Standards Essential Teaching Skills Teacher-Directed Lesson Plans Student-Centered Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Formats

Teaching Goals/Objectives/Standards (Snowman & Biehler, 2003) Goal – broad statements of what political/educational leaders want schools to accomplish Goal – broad statements of what political/educational leaders want schools to accomplish Instructional Objectives – observable and measurable student behavior Instructional Objectives – observable and measurable student behavior

Essential Teaching Skills Attitudes Attitudes Use of time Use of time Organization Organization Communication Communication Focus Focus Feedback Feedback Questioning Questioning Review and closure Review and closure

Teacher-Directed Lesson Plans (Santrock, 2004) Orienting students to new materials Orienting students to new materials Lecturing, Explaining, Demonstrating Lecturing, Explaining, Demonstrating Questioning and Discussing Questioning and Discussing Mastery Learning Mastery Learning Seatwork Seatwork Homework Homework

Student-Centered Lesson Plans Constructivism Constructivism Cooperative Education Cooperative Education Individual Investigation Individual Investigation K-W-L K-W-L –What do I Know? –What do I Want to know? –What have I Learned?

Lesson Plan Format You can access the Lesson Plan Format at the following site (taken from my electronic syllabus): ETP/ETP%20Lesson%20Plan%20Form at.htm ETP/ETP%20Lesson%20Plan%20Form at.htm ETP/ETP%20Lesson%20Plan%20Form at.htm ETP/ETP%20Lesson%20Plan%20Form at.htm

Principles of Instruction Teaching Goals/Objectives/Standards Essential Teaching Skills Teacher-Directed Lesson Plans Student-Centered Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Formats For Monday: Do the PRAXIS Document-Based Analysis question for Chapter 13; start thinking about lesson plan.