Obervation

Motivation and Teaching Strategies
You are to watch and observed this teacher video
https://youtu.be/fsJXcaF6vHo  and write a reflection/observation.
https://youtu.be/fsJXcaF6vHo
The purpose of this reflection/observation is not to judge the lesson you observe/teach. It is designed to sensitize you to some of the ways children are being motivated to learn and do mathematics.

I.    Write a brief summary of the lesson you observe:
In order to understand your responses to the observation assignment, I need to know what took place in the classroom during the math activity or lesson. Your summary should include just the highlights of the lesson and be coherent enough to give someone who was not there with you a clear understanding of what took place.

II.    Describe how the teacher tried to motivate students to want to learn?
a.    What motivational techniques did the teacher use?
b.    How did the teacher adjust the motivational strategies for students with different interests, needs, and/or abilities?
c.    What student behaviors gave you the impression that the students were indeed motivated to learn? If students did not seem motivated, what student behaviors gave you this impression?

III.    How could the motivation for this lesson have been improved?
a.    What changes, if any, would you make to the motivational technique used by the teacher? If there were no motivational techniques, what questions would you ask or techniques would you use?
b.    What types of student behaviors would you look for to be sure that the students were motivated to learn?

IV.    What are your conjectures about the teachers beliefs about motivation?
a.    How do you think this teacher would define motivation? Do you agree with this definition? Why or why not?
b.    What do you think this teacher believes her or his role is in motivating the students to learn? Why?
c.    What do you think this teacher believes the students role is in being motivated to learn? Why?

V.    What are your conjectures about the teachers knowledge of her or his students?
a.    What did the motivational and teaching strategies reflect about the teachers knowledge of the students abilities?
b.    How would you assess this teachers knowledge of the students in terms of how they learn, their abilities, and their interests?