1. Effective Lesson Planning EnhanceEdu

2. 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

3. Objectives of this session By the end of the session, participants should be able to:  Understand lesson plan design and it’s elements  Appreciate the usage of lesson plan in the classroom  Understand Bloom’s Taxonomy & its application to classroom  Understand & create learning objectives EnhanceEdu

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. Elements of a lesson plan: Information about learners EnhanceEdu

9. Elements of a lesson plan: Outline Learner Objectives “Begin with the end in mind” EnhanceEdu

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

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

12. Bloom’s Taxonomy EnhanceEdu Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge

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

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

15. Elements of a lesson plan: Develop the Introduction EnhanceEdu

16. Elements of a lesson plan: Plan specific learning activities EnhanceEdu

17. Elements of a lesson plan: Assess understanding EnhanceEdu

18. How?  Lower Order Questions  Higher Order Questions EnhanceEdu

19. How to apply Bloom’s Taxonomy? EnhanceEdu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Elements of a lesson plan: Create a realistic timeline EnhanceEdu

29. 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

30. 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

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

32. 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

33. Thank You EnhanceEdu