Learn from Mathematics: Lesson Plan in Mathematics Using Glasson’s Learning Cycle

Year Level:First Year Secondary Students

Section:Heterogeneous Class

No. of Students:40

Prior knowledge required:Fundamental operation of numbers, Fractions,

Decimals

Lesson 1: Topic Title: Percent

§ Teaching Strategy Applied: Glasson’s Learning Cycle

To teach this lesson using Glasson’s Learning cycle: exploration,

clarification and elaboration.

§ Exploration

The teacher begins exploring students’ view about percent by engaging the students in the following activity:

- Students will be divided into heterogeneous and cooperative learning groups of 5.

- Each group will be given words such as fraction, decimal, and percent.

- Students are required to define each word based on their prior knowledge.

- After 10 minutes, one representative from each group will present to the class about their output.

§ Clarification

After the presentation, the teacher will establish the concept about the topic. Then he/she will provide motivating experiences related to the topic. After which a discussion will follow for the students to reevaluate their ideas. Then the teacher will interpret and clarifies students’ views.

§ Elaboration

To elaborate further students’ understanding of the topic, students are again divided into groups (same group in the first activity). They will imagine a restaurant as their setting. Each group will be given a set of menu-for their imaginative meal and paper bills (play money)-as their budget. Each member of the group will have an opportunity to order whatever they desire from the menu. Have the students calculate the bill for