Science Lesson Study 2005-2006

SPREE Institute

California State University, Sacramento

What is

“Lesson Study”?

Lesson Study is a collaborative process to produce excellent standards-based

science lessons

Team Formulates Goals & sketches out a Unit

Plan &Teach a “Research Lesson”

Feedback from Team Members

Feedback from Student Work

Revise & Teach in

another class

How the process works … Today:

“Lesson Study” overview/getting started Form Teams Identify Facilitator

Tuesday & Wednesday: Navigate through process with your team

Thursday & Friday: Finish LS Plans Present/teach/demo “study” lesson Participate in pre/teach/post conferencing

Fall Term: Go through 2 Lesson Study Cycles at your school Participate in year-end “debrief”

Student Learning Goals

Learning Experiences

Acceptable Evidence

Lesson Study Template A tool for organizing the LS Plan Effectively

Prompts guide you through the 5-step process

Prompts

Prompts

Prompts

Lesson Study CycleLesson Study CyclePlan DesignPlan Design

Try OutLesson(s)Try OutLesson(s)

TeamObservations

Student feedback

Analysis of Student Work

Review &ImproveReview &Improve

Peer Review

Design a “research” lesson

Identify Goals

Rough out a Unit

FeedbackFeedback

Revise Design

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How it all plays out:

You will leave this week with a completed plan, ready to teach your first lesson

One team member teaches the lesson Other members observe & gather evidence of

student learning & development The lesson (or an alternate lesson) is taught in

another classroom Team members again gather evidence & meet to

debrief and improve Science Unit is continually enhanced

What makes the difference? Monthly “debriefing” meetings Close communications with facilitator Pre-conference to clarify objectives & evidence Post-conference to discuss evidence gathered &

use it to improve the lesson (and instruction more generally)

Continual fleshing out your science unit(s) Planning the next lesson

What You Get Out of It•Valuable collaboration time with

your colleagues•Sub release time to participate•Science materials to enhance

your lessons•Training on Lesson Study as a

way to improve lesson designing•The CA Science Frameworks &

other resources

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What You Get Out of It (con’t)• In the end, a unit of lessons that

can be used and/or adjusted for your students’ needs

• A binder and interactive CD to guide your through the Lesson Study phases (with links to online resources, sample lessons, etc.)

• $tipend for participants who fulfill the requirements

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Logistics:

•A Walk through the Planning Template

•Who are your team members?

•Who is your facilitator?•Lesson Study Web Site: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/j/jelinekd

•Q & A