A. Select 3 classroom videos to watch from the provided “Task 3 List,” and reflect on what
you observe in each video by doing as follows:
1. Summarize each of the 3 Selected videos, including the following:
• video title
• setting or environment
• content or subject
• lesson or activity
• organization of students or groups
2. Evaluate the teachers’ use of high-leverage practices by doing the following:
a. Choose 3 different high-leverage practices from the following list that you observed in any
of the three videos and discuss how the teacher implemented each during the lesson:
• eliciting and interpreting individual students’ thinking
• coordinating and adjusting instruction during a lesson
• checking student understanding during and at the conclusion of lessons
• selecting and designing formal assessments of student learning
• interpreting the results of student work, including routine assignments, quizzes, tests,
projects, and standardized assessments
• providing oral and written feedback to students
Note: The high-leverage practices above are listed for your convenience. As the prompt states, you
only need to address three total practices in your discussion.
b. Discuss how each of the 3 high-leverage practices from part A2a supported student
learning or engagement during the lesson.
3. Improve the instructional effectiveness of 1 of the observed lessons from the videos by
doing the following:
a. Describe a formative assessment the teacher could use to guide adjustments to instruction.
i. Explain how the assessment could be used to inform instruction.
ii. Describe how feedback could be provided to the students after the assessment.
b. Recommend an adjustment to the lesson to improve instruction.
i. Discuss how the adjustment would affect student learning or engagement during the
lesson.
B. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted,
paraphrased, or summarized.
C. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.