PEER REFLECTION: Most of the peers found the hook very interesting. According to them we successfully related the Counting Principle to every day life. Some were not clear about the learning objective. Few of the students found second example (ice cream) little difficult to understand. Many of the peers do suggested that time was not properly managed. They need more time to understand the ice example. Two of the peers suggested that question given for home assignment wasmuch more difficult that examples disscussed in class.
SELF REFLECTION: After doing our micro teaching, I realized that learning objectives should be in small chunks. We should have discussed only counting principle and not the permutation and combination. It would have been better if would have selected one cone with one topping, instead of one cone with two toppings. It was a big leap from first example.The example given for home work was actually planned to be explained in class, but as we run out of time so asked them to do as home work. But, I will consider time as one of the most important factor while preparing any lesson plans in future.
At the end, I found microteaching a meaningful activity as I came to know about the areas that need improvement.
Good reflections, Param. I'm glad that you found what worked well in your lesson as well as things that needed rethinking. You've pointed out two of the areas that could easily be improved next time: breaking down the objectives around the Counting Principle into smaller "chunks", and giving a simpler example to get students started. Once you establish an understanding of the simple case, students would be ready to take on more complicated versions of the problem -- but not right at the start!
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