Assignment #2: Group curricular micro-teaching lesson plan and slides

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  1. Susan GerofskyOctober 15, 2019 at 7:17 PM

    Thanks Danielle, Wanyi and Anwar! Your lesson plan is OK, but I have a few suggestions as well:
    • The 4-minute video is cute, but it doesn't seem to add much that's really helpful from my point of view. It is mostly procedural/ mnemonic (how to and procedures) rather than promoting deeper relational understanding. Is it really worth taking up 1/3 of your lesson?
    •Much of your lesson is a recap of procedures. What is new in what you are teaching the group?
    •I'm not clear from the slides or the lesson plan exactly what the problems are that you are asking your class to solve. The problems on the slides seem to include the solutions already.

    Think it over, and see if you can make some small tweaks to the lesson to make it clear what is new and what you would like the students to engage in. (And if you want to use the video, go for it -- just think about what it might add to the students' knowledge, attitudes, etc.)

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