Methods of Teaching

Today in class (5 minutes) 
Remind Student Teachers that they are going to create assessment procedures for 
their lesson plans today. Ask for a volunteer to state, in no more than three sentences, 
the difference between summative and formative assessment.
Group discussion: formative assessment procedures (20 minutes)
Lead Student Teachers in a discussion on different types of formative
assessment procedures.
Triads work to create assessment procedures for lesson plans (20 minutes)
Based on information from the reading and classroom discussion, the lesson plan 
triads from last week should review the feedback about their learning goals and make 
modifications as indicated. When they are satisfied with the way the learning goals are 
formulated, they can turn their attention to assessment and decide on an assessment 
procedure for each learning goal. They should consider the full range of possibilities, 
from quizzes to performance measures.
Feedback on assessment choices (10 minutes)
Select two triads at random and ask a member from each to read their lesson’s four 
learning goals and the related assessment procedures. Invite peer feedback, though 
amend it as necessary. Tell the class to put their learning goals and related assessment 
procedures on your desk as they leave.

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Review each triad’s work and provide feedback. Return the work at the beginning of 
the next class session.
Week 14: Instructional materials
Sub-topics
• Sources of instructional materials, including textbooks, in Pakistan
• School budgets for instructional materials
• Low- and no-cost materials to supplement or substitute for materials provided
by the government
• Examples of materials created from local resources by teachers for mathematics,
science, and literacy
NOTE TO FACULTY: Week 14, session 1 can be devoted to an examination of textbooks. 
It will be helpful if Student Teachers have copies of class 4 general science textbooks to 
prepare their lesson plans. It will be helpful for them to learn how textbooks are created 
and distributed in Pakistan. They should also know how textbooks are coordinated with 
the curriculum. 
Week 15: Review and synthesis
Sub-topics
• Review of teaching methods and instructional and learning principles
• Review of Student Teacher’s current personal theories of teaching and learning
• Search for synthesis 
• Complete instructional design project (lesson plan)
• Presentation of lesson plans designed by Student Teachers

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UNIT
7
SELF-REGULATED LEARNING 

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Unit overview
Learning is not confined to school. Children learn to walk and talk before they go to 
school. People continue to learn after they leave school and when they go to work. 
People learn throughout their lives. When you think about your experiences in 
school, you will probably also conclude that, as you progressed, the work got harder 
and you spent more time studying. (Learning in school can also be called studying.) 
The fact that learning is continuous in people’s lives is largely responsible for the claim 
that children should ‘learn how to learn’ in school.
The purpose of this unit is to introduce Student Teachers to the process of learning 
how to learn. During this discussion, Student Teachers will probably become more 
aware of the mental actions that they normally do automatically (without thinking). 
For example, many likely pause as they are reading and preparing for an exam to 
ensure that they understand what they are reviewing. As the unit progresses, encour-
age Student Teachers to think of themselves as both a student (which they are) and as 
a teacher (which they are becoming). The term self-regulated learning describes what 
is happening when students become their own teachers. To say this another way, 
self-regulated learning describes what is going on in the mind of someone who is 
simultaneously a student and a teacher.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this unit, Student Teachers will be able to do the following: