40 ways to leave a lesson Albertville School （40方法阿尔贝维尔学校留下一个教训）.pdf

Page 1 of 5 Lesson Closure with Examples or 40 Ways to Leave a Lesson CLOSURE - what the instructor does to facilitate wrap-up at the end of the lesson - it is a quick review, to remind students what it was that they have learned (or should have learned) and allows you to see where the students are to assist you in planning for the next lesson. The intellectual work should be done by the students – not the instructor summarizing for the students and telling them what they learned. Closure allows students to summarize main ideas, evaluate class processes, answer questions posed at the beginning of the lesson, and link to both the past and the future. Closure is an opportunity for formative assessment and helps the instructor decide: 1. if additional practice is needed 2. whether you need to re-teach 3. whether you can move on to the next part of the lesson Closure comes in the form of information from students about what they learned during the class; for example, a restatement of the instructional purpose. This information then provides a knowledge of the results for the teacher, i.e., did you teach what you intended to teach and have the students learned what you intended to have them learn? Lesson Closing in a nutshell – can be one or some combination of the purposes below. It should be a meaningfumeaningful end to the lesson. meaningfumeaningfu • Reviewing the key points of the lesson. • Giving students opportunities to draw conclusions from the lesson. • Describing when the students can use this new information. • Previewing future lessons. • Demonstrating student’s problem-solving process. • Exhibiting student learning. • Creating a smooth transition from one lesson to the next lesson.