College of Education
EDU4802
Classroom Observation
Summary Report
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Observer:__________________________________________________ Teacher:__________________________________________________
Grade Level/Subject:_________________________________________ Date and Time:____________________________________________
Lesson Objective:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Describe the first few minutes of class. How was the lesson introduced?
2. Describe what you observe about the classroom environment. How many students are in class? How are they seated? What do you notice
on display on the classroom walls? Is there anything else about the classroom itself that you especially notice?
3. During the course of the class period, what did you observe students doing? Check all that apply.
Receiving information, note-taking
Participating in teacher-led discussions
Doing individual work
Working in small groups,
collaborating
Using technology
Giving an oral presentation
Taking a test or quiz
Working on experiments or investigations
Writing
Reading
Using resources other than a textbook
Responding orally to teacher questions
Other (Please specify)
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4. During the course of the class period, what strategies did you observe the teacher demonstrating or using? Check all that apply.
Giving directions
Connecting current lesson to prior learning
Using academic language/vocabulary
Treating students respectfully
Assisting students who need special help
Reading to students
Timing activities
Circulating among students
Reinforcing main points in the lesson
Differentiating instruction to suit
the needs of various students
Writing on a white board, Smart board, or in
other ways illustrating the lesson
Using technology in presenting lesson
Using examples, stories, or
applications in lesson
Summarizing lesson at the end of the class
period
Assigning homework
5. During the class lesson, how did the teacher check for student understanding? Check all that apply.
Teacher circulated among students
and looked at individual work
Teacher asked questions during lesson
Teacher asked students to complete
written response
Teacher asked students to check
answers with each other
Teacher asked students to confer with an
answer key
Teacher asked students to do work at the
board
Other (Please specify)
6. Briefly describe how the teacher maintained order and focus in the classroom. How would you describe the general interaction of the teacher
with the students?
7. Describe the last few minutes of the class period. How was the lesson concluded?
8. Briefly summarize the lesson, identifying what impressed you the most or what aspects of the teaching and classroom lesson were most
effective.
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