1. How to Write and Submit Your Team’s Lesson Study Final Report
A Training Module for Lesson Study Project Participants

2. Module Contents Overview of the Final Report Goals of this Module
Purposes of the Final Report
Audiences for Your Final Report
Contents of Your Final Report
Writing Your Final Report
Preparing Your Report in Word
Using KEEP to Publish Your Report

3. I. Overview of the Final Report
Click here for an
Overview of the Final Report

4. II. Goals of this Module To help you
understand the purpose, contents and format of the Final Report
learn how to prepare and submit the Final Report using the KEEP Toolkit
start writing the Final Report

5. III. Purposes of the Final Report
To document your lesson study as scholarship of teaching & learning
To make your lesson study accessible to various audiences

6. Lesson Study as Scholarly Inquiry
A Lesson Study Final Report is scholarship when it
involves systematic inquiry of teaching and learning
results in work that can be peer reviewed
results in work that, when made public, can be built on by others

7. More than a Report The final report contains
systematic research on teaching & learning
usable teaching materials & lessons
artifacts that may be used in conference presentations, teaching portfolios, faculty and graduate student mentoring, department and program assessment, etc.

8. IV. Audiences for Your Final Report
use or adapt your lesson or lesson materials for their own classes
borrow approaches and strategies when they teach similar topics or pursue similar learning goals
think about what your lesson study reveals about teaching and learning in your field (e.g. how students learn or do not learn subject matter)
Fellow teachers will want to…

9. Audiences, cont. Fellow researchers will want to…
build on your team’s work (e.g., revise and study the lesson in a different setting, compare your findings with their own, etc.)
learn how to do lesson study or adapt your approach (e.g., use your observation guidelines, read your recommendations, etc.)
Fellow researchers will want to…

10. Audiences, cont. Reviewers and colleagues who may…
review your work for possible publication, presentation, etc.
review your work as evidence of teaching improvement, scholarly work, or professional development
Reviewers and colleagues who may…

11. V. Contents of Your Final Report
Background
title, authors, course, etc.
The Lesson
lesson design, learning goals, rationale, etc.
The Study
approach, findings, discussion, revisions, etc.
Supplements
handouts, exercises, examples of student work, etc.

12. View the Contents of the Final Report
Click here to download the Lesson Study Final Report Template

13. VI. Writing Your Final Report
Prepare Your
Report in Word
and then. . .
Use KEEP to
Publish Your
Report

14. Prepare Your Final Report in Word
Write your complete final report in Word before you prepare the KEEP version.
The Word version will make it easier to prepare the KEEP version.
Identify the files you want to upload to the KEEP version of the report—these may be text, images, audio, video files.

15. VII. Preparing Your Report in Word
Click here to view or download the Lesson Study Final Report Template

16. What the Word Format Looks Like
Postpone writing the executive summary until you have prepared whole report

17. Describe the lesson in detail
Focus on learning goals (not teaching goals)
Explain the rationale for the design

18. Include observation guidelines
Highlight the most interesting findings
If lesson does not go as planned, focus on what might be improved

19. Look at a Completed Final Report
Click here to access this sample
Click here for more samples

20. VIII. Using KEEP to Publish Your Final Report
After preparing your Lesson Study Final Report in Word, you are ready to enter a whole new world:

21. What is KEEP? KEEP KEEP Tool Kit KEEP Account
Knowledge Exchange Exhibition Presentation
KEEP Tool Kit
the web tools you use to create your online report
KEEP Account
a free account that gives you access to the KEEP Tool Kit

22. What Does the Online Report Look Like?
This Word document
is published as
this online report.
Click here to view the online version

23. Why are There Two Versions of the Report?
To enrich the representation of your work and make it
accessible to others.
The Word version is a manuscript that readers can
download in its entirety or in parts.
The KEEP version can include additional material, especially media such as audio and video to supplement your account of the lesson study.
KEEP makes lesson studies public and easily accessible.

24. How to Use KEEP How to Create a KEEP account
How to Add the Final Report Template to Your KEEP Account
How to Log into Your KEEP Account
How to Edit Your Final Report Template to create your Final Report
How to Send Your Final Report Template us

25. Click here to sign up for a free KEEP account.
1. Create a KEEP Account
You need an
account to use the
KEEP tools.
Click here to sign up for a free KEEP account.

26. 2. Add the Final Report Template to Your KEEP Account
You need the
template to create
your final report.
Click here to add the Lesson Study Final Report Template to your KEEP Dashboard.

27. 3. Log into Your KEEP Account
Check your for a confirmation message from KEEP. It will contain your login and password information, which you will want to write down for future use.
Always log in at
Click here to log into KEEP.

28. 4. Edit Your Final Report Template
To access your template, you must first log onto KEEP and go to My Dashboard.
On your Dashboard, look for
Lesson Study Final Report Template
Click on the EDIT icon next to Lesson Study Final Report Template

29. To Insert Background Information
Click on this button to insert your information
Title: Write a descriptive title for your lesson study so that others may cite your work. (E.g., "Reading for Complexity: Recognizing and Valuing Ambiguity in Literature")
Authors: Include the names and institutional affiliations of each person on your lesson study team. [TIP: When editing this box, click on the "Add/Edit Image" tab to insert a small photo of your team.]
Contact: Include a name and address of a person who may be contacted about your lesson study.
Discipline or Field: If your lesson may be used in more than one discipline or field, list all that apply.
Course Name: Give the course title rather than its catalog number (e.g. "Freshman Composition" rather than "English 110").
Date: Include the date you posted (or last updated) your final lesson study with KEEP Toolkit.
Click on this button if you want to insert links

30. To Insert Course Description
Return to the Lesson Study Final Report Template and click EDIT icon
Go to the box labeled Course Description
Click on
Add your course description and SAVE
Course Description
Briefly describe the course, its place in the curriculum, and where the lesson fits in the course. Include pertinent facts such as course level, class size, student population, length of lesson, and learning environment (e.g. networked classroom, lecture hall, special equipment, etc.). [TIP: When editing this box, you may add links to related websites (e.g. school, department or faculty webpages). Click on "edit links" or the insert link icon.]

31. To Insert Executive Summary
Return to the Lesson Study Final Report Template and click EDIT icon
Go to the box labeled Executive Summary
Click on
Add your executive summary and SAVE
Executive Summary
In approximately words, provide an overview of your learning goals, instructional design, and major findings about student learning.

32. To Insert Printer Friendly Version of Complete Report
Return to the Lesson Study Final Report Template and click EDIT icon
Go to the box labeled Printer Friendly Version of Complete Report
Click on
Upload your complete report, add a link in the box and SAVE
The Complete Report
Link to your complete lesson study report. Format the report using the Complete Report Template below. Then upload the Complete Report to this box.

33. To Insert Links to Your Lesson
The Lesson
To provide easy access for users, this box contains links to your lesson plan and all the materials used to teach it. Annotate each item with a brief description.
Link to the lesson. Upload the lesson portion of your Complete Report.
Link to all materials needed to teach the lesson. Upload original handouts, PowerPoint slides, overheads, prompts, samples, etc. (If possible, upload a single PDF, Word, RTF, or zip file that contains all the materials.) Insert links to relevant websites or online resources. If copyrighted texts or materials are part of the lesson, include title, author and publication information.
Link to video or audio clips of the lesson. Excerpts of a few minutes in length work best.
Return to the Lesson Study Final Report Template and click EDIT icon
Go to the box labeled The Lesson
Click on
Upload your Lesson files including the lesson plan, handouts, video clips
Add links in the box and SAVE

34. To Insert Links to Your Study
Return to the Lesson Study Final Report Template and click EDIT icon
Go to the box labeled The Study
Click on
Upload your Study files including the study, observation guidelines, checklists, tables, etc.
Add links in the box and SAVE
The Study
To provide easy access for users, this box contains links to your study. Annotate each item with a brief description.
Link to the study. Upload the study portion of your Complete Report.
Link to your observation guidelines, questions, checklists, etc.
Link to any material that condenses and depicts key findings, e.g. observer reports, rubrics, figures, tables, video clips, etc.

35. Why Use Video? To show important, interesting, key features
of the lesson such as
episodes of student learning
how an exercise works in practice
an overview of the entire lesson

36. Continue Inserting Information
   
   
Continue Inserting Information
Tips:
Be sure to SAVE
To see what the finished product (or snapshot) looks like, click on VIEW SNAPSHOT
For answers to common questions, read KEEP's Quick Start Guide (pdf) and KEEP Toolkit Help.

37. 5. Send Us Your Final Report
When your report is complete, you will need to send a copy of the KEEP version to us.
Go to your KEEP account (My Dashboard).
Check the box next to your completed final report (far left column).
Next, click on the Send to icon at the top of the page.
When prompted, enter in the following address:

38. 6. Email us Last, please send a quick email message to
Bill Cerbin, to
indicate that you have sent your KEEP
report to our account.

39. More information at www.uwlax.edu/sotl/lsp
Click on “SUBMIT FINAL REPORT” for KEEP Portal