This area deals with your effectiveness in keeping the students involved in the learning
process. It also has to do with your ability to manage the instructor-student interactions.
n Establish and maintain student attention.
n Encourage student participation.
9 Check for student comprehension.
n Establish and maintain proper instructor-student relationship.
n Stress the importance of the individual student while remaining clearly in control of the
The lesson summary is used to recap the major discussion points of the lesson and to ensure
that the students understand the subject matter you have presented.
Summarize Learning Objectives
~ Since the objectives are what the student is trying to accomplish, restate or paraphrase the
objectives and discuss their relationship to the lesson material.
Summarize Lesson Properly
n Summarize the material in the lesson at least once to ensure student understanding, In
some cases, you may need to summarize more than once. When or how often the
summary is conducted is not the issue; rather, did you summarize and was the summary
~ Summarize the major teaching points of the lesson.
n When summarizing at the end of a lesson, use the major teaching points and objectives
as an outline for the summary.
n Use summaries to maintain continuity within a lesson or to emphasize areas of
Check Student Understanding
n Ask questions that help determine if the students understand the material.
n Ensure questions require students to respond at the learning level required by the
n Ask thought-provoking questions related to the objective(s).