2.
     
    content
     
    and/or
     
    pedagogy.
     
    LESSON
     
    STUDY
     
    CYCLE
     
    Lesson Study
    ?
    A
     
    Guide
     
    for
     
    Implementation
     
    in
     
    Florida’s
     
    Public
     
    Schools
     
    Lesson
     
    study
     
    is
     
    a
     
    form
     
    of
     
    long
    term
     
    professional
     
    development
     
    in
     
    which
     
    teams
     
    of
     
    teachers
     
    systematically
     
    and
     
    collaboratively
     
    conduct
     
    research
     
    closely
     
    tied
     
    to
     
    lessons,
     
    and
     
    then
     
    use
     
    what
     
    they
     
    learn
     
    about
     
    student
     
    thinking
     
    to
     
    become
     
    more
     
    effective
     
    instructors.
     
    Research
     
    for
     
    Better
     
    Schools
     
    (
    www.rbs.org)
    Within
     
    a
     
    school’s
     
    multi
    tiered
     
    system
     
    of
     
    student
     
    supports
     
    the
     
    lesson
     
    study
     
    cycle
     
    involves
     
    a
     
    group
     
    of
     
    teachers
     
    collaboratively
     
    planning
     
    a
     
    standards
    based
     
    lesson
     
    to
     
    support
     
    a
     
    school
     
    identified
     
    research
     
    theme;
     
    implementing
     
    the
     
    lesson
     
    in
     
    a
     
    classroom;
     
    collecting
     
    observation
     
    data,
     
    based
     
    on
     
    the
     
    students’
     
    responses
     
    to
     
    the
     
    instruction;
     
    reflecting
     
    upon,
     
    analyzing,
     
    and
     
    discussing
     
    this
     
    data;
     
    and
     
    defining
     
    next
     
    steps
     
    based
     
    upon
     
    what
     
    they
     
    have
     
    learned.
     
    Lesson
     
    study
     
    empowers
     
    teams
     
    of
     
    teachers
     
    to
     
    engage
     
    in
     
    data
    based
     
    problem
    solving
     
    to
     
    accelerate
     
    student
     
    leaning.
     
    1.
    ?
    Form
      
    a
     
    lesson
     
    study
     
    team
     
    which
     
    includes
     
    an
     
    external
     
    expert(s)
     
    in
     
    Schedule
     
    a
     
    common
     
    planning
     
    time.
     
    3.
    ?
    (Problem
     
    Identification
     
    and
     
    Analysis)
     
    Identify
     
    a
     
    common
     
    research
     
    theme
     
    (sometimes
     
    a
     
    school
    wide
     
    theme)
     
    based
     
    upon
     
    student
     
    performance
     
    data
     
    and
     
    the
     
    Teacher
     
    Evaluation
     
    Model
     
    adopted
     
    by
     
    the
     
    school
     
    district.
     
    4.
    ?
    (Develop
     
    a
     
    Plan)
     
    Collaboratively
     
    plan
     
    a
    ?
    standards
    based
     
    lesson
     
    that
     
    clearly
    ?
    defines
     
    the
     
    expected
     
    outcomes
     
    in
     
    terms
     
    of
    ?
    student
     
    learning
     
    and
     
    addresses
     
    common
    ?
    student
     
    misconceptions.
    ?
    5.
    ?
    (Implement
     
    the
     
    Plan)
     
    Teach
     
    and
     
    observe
     
    the
     
    lesson
     
    being
     
    sure
     
    to
     
    record
     
    data
     
    pertaining
     
    to
     
    what
     
    students
     
    were
     
    thinking
     
    and
     
    doing
     
    throughout
     
    the
     
    lesson.
     
    6.
    ?
    (Evaluate
     
    the
     
    Effectiveness)
     
    Reflect
     
    upon,
     
    analyze,
     
    and
     
    discuss
     
    the
     
    lesson
     
    and
     
    student
     
    data
     
    that
     
    has
     
    been
     
    collected;
     
    then
     
    synthesize
     
    your
     
    findings.
     
    7.
    ?
    Define
     
    the
     
    next
     
    steps
    ?
    based
     
    upon
     
    what
     
    the
     
    team
    ?
    has
     
    learned.
    ?
    8.
    ?
    Repeat
     
    the
     
    process
     
    using
     
    a
     
    new
     
    or
     
    revised
     
    lesson
     
    plan
     
    with
     
    the
     
    same
     
    research
     
    theme.
     

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