LessonDesign:PreparingforaClassPeriodCynthiaHallandJoshGalster

WithmaterialfromRachelBeane,HeatherMacdonald,&DavidMcConnell

•  Elementsoflessondesign•  Lessonplanningac-vity•  Frameworkforreview

Whatdidyourfavoriteteachersincludeintheirlessonsthathelpedyoulearn?

OneApproachtoLessonDesign

Framethelesson•  Importance

•  Priorknowledge•  Goals

StudentAc2vity•  Promoteslearning

•  PeerinteracIon

•  Timeneeded?

Assessment•  Learninggoalsmet?

StudentReflec2on•  Opportunitytothinkabouttheirlearning

OrganizeLesson•  Outline&reviewlesson•  Prepareslides&materials•  PracIce

1.Startyourplanning

•  Importance:Whyshouldstudentscare?•  Priorknowledge:Whatknowledgedostudentsbringtothislesson(fromthiscourseandfromotherexperiences)?

•  Goals:Whatshouldstudentsknow/beabletodobytheendofthelesson?

ExampleverbsforwriInglessongoals(Studentswillbeableto…)

Cogni2veDimension(versionofBloom’sTaxonomy)

KnowledgeDimension Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create

Facts list paraphrase classify outline rank categorize

Concepts recall explain demon-strate contrast cri2cize modify

Processes outline es2mate produce diagram defend design

Procedures reproduce giveanexample relate iden2fy cri2que plan

Principles state convert solve differen2ate conclude revise

Metacogni2ve use interpret discover infer predict actualize

Table from http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html using Clark & Chopeta (2004) and Clark & Mayer (2007).

2.Con2nueyourplanning

•  Whatac2vi2eswillbeinyourlesson?

•  Howwillyouassessstudentlearning?

ExamplesofInteracIveAcIviIes•  Project•  GalleryWalk•  Think-pair-share•  LectureTutorial•  Debate•  Jigsaw•  ConceptMap•  Discussion•  ConcepTest(group)•  …

hUp://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer/teaching/toolkit.html

GalleryWalkintroducingREEin30person,non-majorscourse.PhotobyKevinTravers,BowdoinCollege.

3.Outlineyourlesson

•  Beginning–“Hook”

•  Middle–interacIveacIvity

•  End–studentsdiscuss/synthesize/reflect

Willstudents/learners…– seeaclearframework?– use&beassessedonpriorknowledge?– invesIgate/exploresciencethroughanac2vity?– interactwitheachother?– reflectontheirlearning?– belistenedtoandrespondedto?

4.Reviewyourlessonplan

Reviewyourlessonplan•  Istheframeworkcleartostudents?

(Ques-onofday,outline,learningoutcomes,conceptmap…)

•  Doesthelessonuse/assesspriorknowledge? (brainstorm,everydayexperiences,ConcepTest,previouslessons…)•  Isthereanac2vitythatallowsstudentstoexploreorinvesIgate? (predict,hypothesize,assess,represent/interpretdata…)•  WillstudentsInteractwitheachotheraboutcoursecontent? (Think-pair-share,gallerywalk,jigsaw…)•  Arestudentsaskedtoreflectontheirlearning? (minutepaper,conceptmap,howdoyouknow?…)•  Willyouhaveanopportunitytolisten&respond? (ques-on-response,listeningtodiscussions,ConceptTests…)

ClassPrepastheBlob

•  ClassprepwillexpandtofillwhateverImeyouallowit:onemoreimage,onemoreexample…– LimitpreptoasetIme.

•  Trynottoover-prepare:haveconfidence!– AllowsforcreaIveclassdiscussionsandunexpecteddirecIons

–  IncludinginteracIveexerciseseasierthanlecturing•  Powerpointisnotalwaysyourfriend

Samplelecturenotesonsurfacerunoff•  Runoffvs.infiltraIonoverImecurves:whendoes

runoffhappen?•  InfiltraIonratesconstant?

•  Runoff•  InfiltraIon•  Throughflow•  Baseflow

•  FactorsaffecIngpermeability•  AMC•  Timesincelastrainfall,Frozenground,Clays,

VegetaIon,Fires,Slope,Hydrophilicsubstances(fire,clays)

•  Sheetwash/overlandflow•  Rills•  Channelizedflow

•  Erosion:movementofmaterial•  BedShearstressdependsondepthandslope•  τ=ρghS

•  PosiIvefeedbackcycleofchanneldevelopment

•  Discharge:volumeperIme•  Differentwaystomeasuredischarge•  AxV=Q•  Velocityprofile(0.6*d)

•  Smallerandsmallerboxes

•  Hydrograph:depthordischargeoverIme•  Basichydrographandrain•  LagIme,Precip•  Baseflow•  Risinglimb•  Fallinglimb•  Groundwaterrecession(linearporIonof

hydrograph)

•  Effectoflandusechange

•  Baseflowandpeakflow

5’Paper:Reflec-ngonLessonDesign

•  Whatisthemostimportantconceptthatyoulearned?

•  Whataspectofthissessionwasmosthelpfulforyourlearning?

•  Howwillyouapproachplanningforyournextclass?