Name:_Kurtis Clarke________ Micro-teach topic:_Polarity____

Self-Assessment
This self-assessment form is to be completed and handed in the class following your presentation.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS (with all stakeholders) Communicates Orally Appropriate language colloquialisms, etc. Quality of voice, tone, volume, expressiveness. Clarity of essential elements of ideas. Presents ideas in a logical, well organized/sequenced fashion. Appropriate level of language for students. Communicates non-verbally Non-verbal techniques gestures, expressions, eye contact, etc. Congruence between verbal and nonverbal. MICROTEACHING/PRESENTATIONS Prepares and organizes Presents materials skillfully. Provides clear directions/coordinates activities. Monitors and responds to peer behaviour/questions. Generates and holds motivation and interest through organization and creativity. Elicits responses from peers. Establishes rapport with peers. Evaluates his/her own performance making suggestions for improvement. Evaluates peers. x x x x x x x x E S x x x A A x S B A W N A x x x E S A A x S B A W N A

Following your lesson, you will reflect on your experience and document what you think went well, what you should/could have done differently and what you learned. Hand this in next class. Feel free to attach a separate paper or use word processing. (250 words)

I really enjoyed this experience I may have been ambitious on the topic but I'm glad I did it even if the presentation wasn't quite perfect. I think the hands on went very well, as well as the planning of set up

and clean up for the lab, however more explanation was required to help all students understand polarity especially those with a weaker scientific background. I also wish I planned a better closure and had more time for it. I could have shortened the lab in order to allow this. I also wish I was more aware of my classroom I got so into helping one of the students I failed to see some students experimenting at a table behind me. Learning how to use my time appropriately as well as learning how to address a student that does not totally comprehend the lesson without losing my classroom control are two skills I would like to build. I learned that time management is very important as well as thinking in terms of teacher time where you add a bit of wiggle room for students, so that there is a little buffer in case things don't go as planned. I learned also learned that I can have a lot of fun teaching, but I may want to maintain a higher level of composure and I may have to adapt my learning style significantly in order to deal with a larger group but for the group of roughly 12 students I believe it worked well.