A sincere effort to provide a basic information on how to observe a lesson and record too for beginners in teaching profession and also for teacher trainees.

1. LESSON OBSERVATION AND RECORD
Prof.. PRAMOD KATTI
M.Sc., M.Ed., M.Phil., NET, K-SET., K-TET., PGDCA
Hameed Piyare Teacher Education Institute
Kalaburagi/Karnataka/India

2. I. MOTIVATION STAGE
Observation Part Writing Part
1. Social Introduction
2. Creating a situation
3. How many questions
4. Nature & types of questions
5. Skills/methods/techniques/maxims/de
vice used
6. Linking with the past experiences
7. Attention/Interest/Curiosity drawn
1. Teacher was introduced herself to the
class.
2. Introductory questions were framed
properly
3. Motivational questions were relevant
to the topic.
4. Previous knowledge was tested
5. There was connection/link
established between previous &
present knowledge
6. Teaching-learning material like
picture/model/chart/demonstration/st
ory telling was used effectively
7. Motivation was satisfactory/
effective.

3. II. STATEMENT OF AIM
Observation Part Writing Part
1. Declaration of the topic
2. Length of the topic
3. Writing style
4. Place
5. Duration
1. Teacher was declared the topic loudly
&clearly
2. Length of the topic was
precise/concise/small
3. Topic name should be in capital
letters
4. Adequate space b/w letters, words;
5. No mistake in writing;
6. Underline the name of the topic
7. Topic name must occupy the top,
middle portion of the blackboard
8. Topic name should be retained on the
board till the completion of the lesson

4. III. DEVELOPMENT STAGE
Observation Part Writing Part
1. Appropriateness of the content (size)
2. Selection of the content
3. Content analysis
4. Concept development & related
activity
5. Achievement of instructional
objectives (Test while teaching
through sectional recapitulation,
recapitulation & evaluation)
1. Content was broken into meaningful
teaching points and arranged
sequentially
2. Content i) large/too much ii)
Adequate iii)Small
3. Selection of the content was
according to the need of the pupil
4. Concepts were developed by
explanation using teaching
aid/experimentations etc...
5. Instructional objectives were written
correctly & achieved properly

5. Observation Part Writing Part
a) Nature:
Simple/relevant/prompting/critical
focusing on points/information eliciting
1. b) How to ask questions:
speed/length/formation/
2. Voice modulation/distribution of
question/structure of question/ (wh,
how, why)
3. vague/double barreled questions etc...
Questions were----
1. Framed properly
2. As per nature
3. Thought provoking
4. Direct & simple
5. Asked with proper intonation & pitch
6. Well distributed throughout the class
7. There was no double barreled, vague,
biased qns
c) According to steps how many questions should be asked?
1. Motivation--- 3 to 4 questions
2. Presentation --- 12 minimum
3. Central questions --- essay type 2
4. Recapitulations ---5 to 6
5. Evaluation --- Objective type 4 to 5
6. Home work ---2 minimum, activity based
QUESTIONING

6. EXPLANATION
Observation Part Writing Part
1. Linking words
2. Beginning & concluding statements
3. Examples, speech, lacking in
fluency/continuity
4. Methods, skills, maxims, techniques
used
5. Demonstration, Experimentation, role
playing, dramatization, devices,
methods of teaching, used.
6. Use of language etc...
1. Explanatory links were used properly
2. Beginning & concluding statements
(on each teaching points) covered
essential points
3. Teacher provided simple &
interesting illustrations relevant to the
topic
4. Explanation was impressive
5. Speech was clear & loud
6. There was no lacking in
fluency/continuity

7. BLACKBOARD WORK
Observation part Writing Part
1. Use
2. Writing
3. Drawings
4. Sketches
1. Teacher used the black board neatly
and systematically, rubbed properly
2. Hand writing was legible, visible,
clear
3. Important teaching were wrote on the
blackboard sequentially
4. BB summary was developed properly
5. Sketches were drawn neatly on the
blackboard
6. Division of blackboard was
found/noticed/used well

8. FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING
Observation Part Writing Part
1. Pattern reading
2. Silent reading
3. Central questions
4. Use of language
5. Content words
6. Grammar part
7. Discussion questions
8. Kannada pattern /model reading once &
for English, Hindi it is twice.
9. Reading – first time by closing the books
of the students, Second time by opening
the students book
1. Teacher asked the students to see the
book & listen carefully, then to read
implicitly
2. Teacher made the students to read the
book loudly one by one about a paragraph
3. Pattern reading was done
properly/effectively
4. Central questions were framed properly
to reach the theme of the content
5. Content words were explained by
creating a situation (meaning & using in
own sentences)
6. Grammar part was handled skillfully
USAGE OF LANGUAGE 1. Speech was clear, loud
2. pronunciation was clear, correct
3. Pause according to punctuations in the
text
4. Intonation of voice & stress giving was
found

9. HISTORY TEACHING
Observation Part Writing Part
1. Correlation factor,
2. map reading,
3. storytelling,
4. use of flash card,
5. time & event tree,
6. dramatization,
7. Role playing,
8. use of chart, Model, picture etc…
1. Teacher provided the illustration with
examples
2. Teacher used appropriate methods,
techniques/maxims of teaching
3. Teacher provided suitable teaching
experiences
4. Sectional recapitulation was done
5. Correlation was done
6. Teacher made the students to locate
the various places in the given map
with the help pointer

10. PHYSICAL SCIENCE AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE (PCB)
Observation Part Writing Part
1. Lecture cum demonstration method,
demonstration method,
2. experimentation method, laboratory
method,
3. project method, Heuristic method,
4. working models, static models,
appropriate lab materials
1. Demonstration was done by using
appropriate laboratory materials
2. Teacher made his best effort to
achieve the concepts, rule, law,
principle, theory, theorem etc…
3. Teacher was advised the students
about how to handle the different lab
materials
4. Teacher has used

11. MATHEMATICS
Observation Part Writing Part
1. Drill work, practice works,
2. Model sum and Excercize sum
3. graph making,
4. use of calculator, computer, other
devices to learn math’s in the
classroom
5. Concepts, rule, law, principle, theory,
theorem etc…
1. Teacher made the students to
perform the drill work
2. Teacher used the teaching aids,
models, real objects to explain the
different shapes
3. Teacher used the OHP, computer,
LCD Projector to teach the theorems
Except language, sectional recapitulation should be done after the teaching
point in all the subject

12. IV STAGE
RECAPITULATION AND BLACK BOARD SUMMARY
Observation Part Writing Part
1. Number of questions
2. their nature and types
3. arrangements,
4. Black board summary and its writing
1. 5 to 6 questions were asked by the
teacher
2. The questions were arranged as per
the teaching points or content
analysis
3. The questions asked were
simple/SAT type/direct one
4. After getting responses for each
questions, the answer were written in
the form a summary (paragraph)
5. Black board summary includes the
theme/core/zest of the lesson till
taught
6. BBS writing was neat, clear, visible,
no mistake and written in a straight
line

13. V EVALUATION
Observation Part Writing Part
1. Type of question
2. Number of questions
3. How of evaluation
4. Discipline
1. Fill in the blanks, True or false,
Multiple choice, Matching, odd man
out, co-relation based items for
eg... (India : Delhi :: Iran:______
2. 4/5 items were used
3. Teacher asked one student to read
the item on the RRB & he called the
other student to write the answer on
the black board
Home Work
Wh questions
How
why
1. Questions given were essay type
2. Questions given were thought
provoking
3. Questions given were activity
oriented

14. TEACHER STUDENT RELATIONSHIP
Observation Part Writing Part
Teacher’s behavior
1. information (probing)
2. Teacher adjusted the speed of lesson
to the level of the students
3. Teacher motivated the students to
participate in the
discussion/demonstration/experiment
ation/dramatization
4. Teacher expected the students answer
Teacher’s innovations 1. Teacher provided novelty in teaching
approach through student activity,
lesson structure, teaching aids etc…
Teacher’s appearance
1. Teacher was confident, active,
resourceful
2. Teacher was pleasant
3. Teacher has command/mastery over
the subject
4. Teacher was democratic or autocratic

15. Observation Part Writing Part
Students behaviour 1. Students were responded quickly
2. Students were attentive
3. Pupils involvement was found
4. Silent reading was found done
properly
5. Students asked questions
6. Students participated actively in
demonstrations, drill work, locating
maps, experimentations etc...
CONTROL OVER THE CLASS
1. Discipline was well maintained
2. Teacher given equal importance to all
the students
3. Teacher has a control over the class
4. Teacher encouraged the students to
elicit further questions or
information.

16. CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND FINAL STATEMENTS (RESULTS)
Observation Part Writing Part
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
1. Participation
2. Reinforcement
3. Discipline
4. Classroom environment
1. Teacher expected the questions from
students
2. Teacher was appreciated/encouraged
the students
3. Discipline was maintained properly
4. Teacher was avoided the mass/chorus
answers
5. Class was found active
6. Class was silent/noisy
FINAL STATEMENTS (RESULTS) 1. Teacher’s preparation was good
2. Teacher followed all the steps of the
lesson plan
3. Lesson went on proper guidance
4. Classroom teaching was effective

17. THANK YOU
Pramod Katti
pramodkatti2016@gmail.com
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