Lesson Plan and Self-Recorded Reflection
Purpose of Lesson Plans
This activity collects your existing classroom materials that reflect prior instructional design decisions. These lesson plans will illustrate how teachers anticipate, organize and support students' cognitive demands during instruction. You will not create new materials for this study; instead, you will share lesson plans used in your classroom.
Instructions
Please upload two already used classroom lesson plans from your teaching practice. Select lessons that demonstrate how you managed extraneous cognitive load for students during instruction. Choose lessons that reflect different types of mental effort, such as:
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learning new content,
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practicing or applying skills,
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or transferring learning to new objective.
Use your assigned pseudonym, grade level, and region when submitting your files. Remove any identifuing student information before uploading.
Lesson Plan Library
A repository of used lesson plans from various grade levels and subjects, featuring original teacher notations and implementation dates.
Video Explanation (Required for Lesson Plans)
Along with lesson plans, a 10-minute videotaped narration providing a short explanation of both examples addressing the following:
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Why you chose this lesson plan for this study.
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What you anticipated students would need in terms of cognitive demands.
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What instructional decisions you made to organize, simplify or pace the content.
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What you expected the outcome to be for student understanding or performance.
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Whether the lesson accomplished its intended goal based on what you observed.
Lesson Plan Selection Guide
You may choose any subject, grade level, or instructional format that you teach within the study's criteria (whole group, small group, independent work). When choosing your two lesson plans, consider selecting lessons that show:
1. Teacher Competence
Moments where you felt confident- or uncertain -about managing students' cognitive demands.
2. Instructional Design
Examples of how you structured content, reduced unnecessary steps, or eliminated distractions to support student learning.
3. Transfer of Learning
Lessons where you observed students applying or carrying learning forward after instructions.
Upload your two lesson plans and accompanying video using the secure submission link provided on the this webpage. Accepted formats include PDF. Word, or images of handwritten plans.
Approximately 20-30 minutes to select and upload your materials and record a brief narration.
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Submission Instructions
Once you have uploaded your lesson plans and video, please proceed to book your personal interview.