Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Mayfield High School

On this visit to Mayfield High School I observed a biology class, zoology class.

The biology class had a sub so it was interesting to see how the students behaved for the sub. In the biology class they took a formative assessment which wasn't graded and then went over the answers as a class.  After that they were supposed to independently study for their quiz the following day. Everyone decided to talk and no one would listen to the sub. Some of the girls were even trying to look through the teachers desk and find the quiz. The class was not out of control they were just talking and not studying independently. They behaved a lot better than I was expecting for having a sub.

The next class I observed was zoology and they were dissecting a fish. They were given directions the day of and just started without any pre work. None of the students seemed to be paying attention and were just cutting it open and goofing off. After they all quickly finished the teacher lectured them about not following the directions and how if they don't start performing better they will not do dissections anymore. I think it was important that she told them that she knew they were not doing the lab right. I think if they would have had to read the lab before and take a pre lab quiz they would have been forced to prepare for the lab.

The last class I observed was AP chemistry and it was pretty similar to my other visits. They had an exam coming up so they were given review problems and she was going over them on the projector. Then she went and walked around to individual students and addressed their questions. I think this teacher has masted the art of lecturing and then also giving personal attention to address individual questions.

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