Title: Write a descriptive title for your lesson study so that others may cite your work. (E.g., "Reading for Complexity: Recognizing and Valuing Ambiguity in Literature")

Authors: Include the names and institutional affiliations of each person on your lesson study team. [TIP: When editing this box, click on the "Add/Edit Image" tab to insert a small photo of your team.]

Contact: Include a name and email address of a person who may be contacted about your lesson study.

Discipline or Field: If your lesson may be used in more than one discipline or field, list all that apply.

Course Name: Give the course title rather than its catalog number (e.g. "Freshman Composition" rather than "English 110").

Date: Include the date you posted (or last updated) your final lesson study with KEEP Toolkit.


Course Description

Briefly describe the course, its place in the curriculum, and where the lesson fits in the course. Include pertinent facts such as course level, class size, student population, length of lesson, and learning environment (e.g. networked classroom, lecture hall, special equipment, etc.). [TIP: When editing this box, you may add links to related websites (e.g. school, department or faculty webpages). Click on "edit links" or the insert link icon.]


Executive Summary

In approximately 250-450 words, provide an overview of your learning goals, instructional design, and major findings about student learning.


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Link to your complete lesson study report. Format the report using the Complete Report Template below. Then upload the Complete Report to this box.

Complete Report Template
Use this template to create your full Lesson Study Report. (Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format files are preferred.)

The Lesson

Below are links to the lesson plan and the materials used to teach it.

To provide easy access for users, this box contains links to your lesson plan and all the materials used to teach it. Annotate each item with a brief description.

  • Link to the lesson. Upload the lesson portion of your Complete Report.
  • Link to all materials needed to teach the lesson. Upload original handouts, PowerPoint slides, overheads, prompts, samples, etc. (If possible, upload a single PDF, Word, RTF, or zip file that contains all the materials.) Insert links to relevant websites or online resources. If copyrighted texts or materials are part of the lesson, include title, author and publication information.
  • Link to video or audio clips of the lesson. Excerpts of a few minutes in length work best.
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    Lesson Template
    This template contains the lesson portion of the Complete Report Template.

    The Study

    Below are links to the study of the lesson.

    To provide easy access for users, this box contains links to your study. Annotate each item with a brief description.

  • Link to the study. Upload the study portion of your Complete Report.
  • Link to your observation guidelines, questions, checklists, etc.
  • Link to any material that condenses and depicts key findings, e.g. observer reports, rubrics, figures, tables, video clips, etc.
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    Study Template
    This template contains the study portion of the Complete Report Template.



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