LESSON A:
Teacher A
Primary Level 3, Maths lesson
25 children male and female
Teacher teaching multiplication. Shows on the board how to do the sum, doing the workings. Her
manner is methodical and clear. She asks some plenary check questions but no individual spot check
questions. She then dictates a sum to them and gets them to do it while she counts up to 15, at
which point she calls out ‘STOP!’
I walk around examining and checking the pupils’ work. One just wrote the sum with no answer.
Another wrote the answer without the workings. A third did the working well and carefully. So there
are different levels of response, but it is nonetheless clear that they do all understand and follow.
Then teacher goes through the answers one by one. She elicits the correct answer and writes it on
the board, but does not explain it or check individual students’ work or understanding. The class do
seem to understand and follow in general. The teacher has a good friendly and professional
manner.