Overall Instructor Rating: Exemplary
Ratings explanation:
- Exemplary - A model answer in almost every way (this is given out very rarely).
- Satisfactory - Very well done; you've met the expectations of the assignment. There are some minor problems, so read my feedback well.
- Marginal Pass - You pass, but there are lots of issues to consider. Read my feedback very carefully and be sure you understand the points/issues I raise.
- Not satisfactory, redo and resubmit - The assignment was not completed appropriately. I am concerned that you do not understand the process well enough yet. To get credit for the assignment, you need to redo it, most probably on another topic. Read and consider my feedback very carefully before redoing.
Instructor's Overall Feedback:
I think you are ready to do this for real now. Nice job!
The purpose of this activity is to design a specific lesson based on the lesson objectives identified in one of your unit instructional curriculum maps (ICMs). This IDA is designed to give you practice in planning lesson based on Gagne's events of instruction (see Dick, Carey, and Carey, chapter 8).
Complete the instructional strategy planning sheet below for one lesson of your choice. Preferably, this is a lesson that you identified during the unit design analysis. However, you can choose any lesson you wish. As outlined by Dick, Carey, and Carey, it may be helpful to organize the events of instruction in the following major groups or components: Pre-instructional activities, Content presentation, Learner participation, Assessment, Follow-through activities.
Your instructional plan should emphasize materials-centered instruction. That is, you should consider resources other than a live instructor for the delivery of the lesson. As you consider possible media, also consider the affordances, or special characteristics, that various media possess.
Instructional Strategy Planning Sheet
Write the instructional objectives of your lesson here (it can be more than one):
Your final response:
The student will be able to generate a comparison chart of two companies that offer careers in their fields of interest by conducting research.
The instructor's feedback to this step:
This is a well written objective. The only ambiguity might be in the "by conducting research" What kind of research?
Enter your instructional plan for each of the instructional components. Also indicate your media choice for each instructional component.
Instructional Component |
Instructional Plan |
Media Choice |
1. Pre-instructional activities
- a. Motivating the learners/gaining their attention
- b. Informing the learners of the lesson objectives or purposes
- c. Informing the learner of what they already need to know to be successful in this lesson (i.e. prerequisite skills)
2. Content presentation
- a. Presenting the content to be learned (i.e. stimulus material)
- b. Guiding the learners as they are presented with the content
3. Learner participation
- a. Giving the learner opportunites for practice (i.e. eliciting the performance)
- b. Giving the learner feedback during practice
4. Assessment
- Tests and other assessments to see if anything has been learned as a result of this lesson
5. Follow-through activities
- a. Memory aids for retention
- b. Activities to help learners transfer their learning to other contexts
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Your final response:
1. Pre-instructional activities
a. Discuss how data received from personality styles, communication styles, skills, and interests assessments will assist in identifying a career, thus allowing the student to make a more informed decision when selecting a place of employment.
b. Describe that the goal of the lesson is to research companies that offer positions for their identified careers. Explain that the information gathered will be used to construct a comparison chart of two companies.
c. Explain that experience using a word processor and web browser are expected.
2. Content presentation
a & b. Distribute the handouts that contain instructions for conducting the research and guidelines for creating the comparison chart. Explain that everyone will need to select two companies for the assignment. Provide an explanation of the comparison items to research. Have students refer to the lesson handout.
3. Learner participation
a & b Have students login to their workstations. Tell students to follow the instructions as given in the handout. Assist students as necessary in gathering research data.
4. Assessment
Ask the student to construct the comparison chart after gathering information. Next have the student write a summary of the information gathered without referring to the data.
5. Follow-through activities
a. Let the students keep their comparison chart by saving to a disk.
b. Assign an out-of-class activity in which the student must gather information for two additional companies. They will then add this information to the existing comparison chart.
The instructor's feedback to this step:
Good, instruction seems to align to assessment which then goes back and aligns to the objectives.
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Your final response:
1. Pre-instructional activities
a. Teacher
b. Teacher; self guided lesson handout
c. Teacher
2. Content presentation
Teacher; computer; self guided lesson handouts & rubric
3. Learner participation
Self guided lesson handout; computer
4. Assessment
Self guided lesson handout; computer
5. Follow-through activities
self guided lesson handout;computer
The instructor's feedback to this step:
Good
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Provide a rationale for your media choices. How do the media you have selected support the instructional plan you have designed? Do the affordances of the media you've selected match the instructional strategy and support student learning?
Examples of media affordances:
- Video: dynamic representation of people, social situations, psychomotor tasks, etc.
- Computer simulation: dynamic representation of concepts and principles
- Computer spreadsheets: dynamic representation of numeric relationships
- Computer databases: dynamic representation of categorical relationships
Your final response:
The instructional media used in this lesson consists of lesson handouts which guide the learner, step by step, through the process of gathering research data for company comparisons. By providing the learner with an itemized list, the learner will be able to efficiently conduct the research process. The lesson handouts are in paper form for future student reference. This will also benefit the student by having a reference for conducting future research on companies. Additionally, the utilization of the internet will allow the student the opportunity to gather data about companies in any area of the world. This information will increase the student's awareness of the numerous employment opportunities available for their chosen field of interest.
The instructor's feedback to step 4:
Good
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