Designing and adapting tasks in lesson planning: a critical process of Lesson Study

Teacher trainees' information acquisition in lesson planning

Introduction. Few studies have addressed teacher trainees’ information acquisition in the context of a task. The paper reports findings from an empirical study on teacher trainees’ use of information (seeking) channels and sources, and their modes of information acquisition in lesson planning. Method. Semi-structured (retrospectively held) individual interviews and supporting classroom observat...

Lesson Study and History Education

Teachers’ Attitude toward the Lesson Study: A Mixed Method Study

Introduction: Lesson study is an important tool for professional development, so paying attention to this issue is necessary. In addition, elementary schools classes are divided into the monograde and multigrade. Therefore, we see the monograde and multigrade teachers in the schools. The purpose of this study was to examine both the attitude and knowledge of the monograde and multigrade te...

assessment of deep word knowledge in elementary and advanced iranian efl learners: a comparison of selective and productive wat tasks

testing plays a vital role in any language teaching program. it allows teachers and stakeholders, including program administrators, parents, admissions officers and prospective employers to be assured that the learners are progressing according to an accepted standard (douglas, 2010). the problems currently facing language testers have both practical and theoretical implications but the first i...

The Effects of Recognition and Recall Study Tasks with Feedback in a Computer-Based Vocabulary Lesson

Should computer-based study tasks use multiple-choice or constructed-response question formats? It was hypothesized that a constructed-response study task (CR) with feedback would be superior to multiple-choice study tasks that allowed either single or multiple tries (STF and MTF). Two additional recognition study task treatments were included that required an overt constructed response after f...