Planning and Presenting a Direct Instruction Lesson
Explanation of Lesson Plan
The Teacher's Role
The Pupil's Role
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What does the term hands-on mean?
The term hands-on means that children have their hands on science equipment and materials.
100
What is Motivation in a direct instruction lesson plan?
Motivation is what the teacher does to create interest or focus attention at the beginning of the lesson.
100
What is brevity?
Brevity is important during a presentation in a direct instruction lesson because teachers have to remember to keep the lesson as short as possible to keep the students engaged and on task.
100
True or False. When teaching a lesson, the teacher's role is far different from the teacher's role when performing other activities like yard duty.
TRUE
100
What is it that pupil's are to do when others are speaking or demonstrating?
Pay Attention
200
The specific sequence of the direct instructional lesson plan steps (review of material, presentation of new skill or content, guided practice, independent practice, and closure) is called?
Direct Instruction Model
200
What is the difference between guided practice and independent practice?
Guided practice is what the teacher does to provide closely supervised practice on the lesson objectives with immediate feedback on corrections while Independent practice is what the teacher does to provide independent practice for all the pupils at once and teacher supervision is individualized.
200
What does it mean to bring closure to a lesson?
To bring closure to a lesson means to end the lesson in an orderly way, usually with a short summary or reminder of what the lesson was about.
200
What is the type of experience teachers should provide whenever possible during independent practice?
Hands-on
200
Students should ask for _________ if anything is unclear.
help
300
Research shows that well-organized teachers are more effective than others, no matter what ___________ they use.
instructional method
300
In addition to these eight main parts for the direct instruction lesson plan, can modifications to these parts be made?
Yes, in addition to these eight main parts for the direct instruction lesson plan, additional parts may be added for clarity.
300
The lesson plan parts fall into two categories. What are these two categories?
Sequences and organizers
300
True or False: Directions as well as lesson content should be taught rather than simply told.
TRUE
300
If the student is called on and asked a question, the student should do what?
The student should answer questions when called on.
400
What is teacher-effectiveness research?
Many studies have used achievement (gains made by students on test of content) as the indicator of learning. These studies are called teacher-effectiveness research.
400
According to chapter four, what are the parts of a direct instruction lesson plan in order (1 - 5)?
1. Objective
2. Materials
3. Motivation
4. Learning Activities
a. Presentation
b. Guided Practice
c. Independent Practice
d. Closure
5. Assessment
400
What are the three characteristics of effective presentation?
1. Clarity
2. Focus on the objective
3. Brevity (as short as possible)
400
Beforehand the teacher should estimate a ______ allocation for each part of the lesson.
time
400
True or False: During a lesson students should not follow directions given to them by their teacher.