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Instructor regularly checks whether students are
mastering standards-based lesson content (e.g.,
circulates to check on students’ work, monitors
verbal responses).

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Instructor ties standards-based lesson to students’
goals, interests, or needs.

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Students work on assignments reflecting the highest
demands posed by the standards targeted by the
lesson.

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Students evaluate and reflect on their own learning.

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Instructor provides extension activities for students
who complete classwork, instead of leaving them
idle or unchallenged.

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Students signal understanding of lesson content
before instructor introduces new ideas.

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Instructor provides students with prompt, specific
feedback to correct misunderstandings and reinforce
learning.

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Instructor closes lesson by:
• reviewing lesson objectives;
• summarizing student learning; and
• previewing how the next lesson builds on that
learning

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. Instructor incorporates standards in a lesson in a
manner that builds on their natural connections

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Students have prerequisite knowledge/skills to
understand lesson content.

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Instructor explicitly links lesson content to previous
lessons or what students already know

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Students have varied opportunities (beyond
worksheets) to apply new learning in authentic or
practical adult-oriented contexts.

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Students actively participate in the lesson through
class discussions, group projects, etc., instead of
doing solitary seatwork or listening to extended
lectures.

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Instructor activates students’ metacognitive skills
(e.g., models strategies, inquires about students’
strategies).

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Instructor asks students to elaborate on and justify
their answers.

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Instructor allows appropriate wait-time (3 or more
seconds) after posing questions

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Instructor poses questions that stimulate student thinking beyond recall.

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Instructor poses questions that stimulate student thinking beyond recall.

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Students use resources directly related to the targeted standards.

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Students use resources directly related to the targeted standards.

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Instructor outlines a well-defined standards-basedlesson objective stated in terms of the desiredstudent learning outcomes.

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Instructor outlines a well-defined standards-basedlesson objective stated in terms of the desiredstudent learning outcomes.

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Instructor presents lesson clearly reflecting theconcepts/skills of one or more of the standards

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Instructor presents lesson clearly reflecting theconcepts/skills of one or more of the standards

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Students’ level of understanding is assessed during the lesson and instruction is adjusted accordingly

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Students’ level of understanding is assessed during the lesson and instruction is adjusted accordingly

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Standards are addressed by a coherent progressionof learning.

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Standards are addressed by a coherent progressionof learning.

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Standards are translated into lesson content relevant to adult students.

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Standards are translated into lesson content relevant to adult students.

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Cognitive level of learning activities is aligned to the demands of the standards

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Cognitive level of learning activities is aligned to the demands of the standards

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1. Curriculum content of the lessons is aligned to thedemands of standards.

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1. Curriculum content of the lessons is aligned to thedemands of standards.

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Instructor provides supplemental instruction for
students who show that they need it (e.g.,
individualized or peer tutoring, re-teaching, review
of basic skills).