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
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