Observation Notes On COT
Observation Notes On COT
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS:
1 . T h e t e a c h e r m a k e s r o u t i n e a c t i v i ti e s l ik e , pr a ye r , gr e e t in gs a n d c h e c k in g of
attendance.
2 . T h e te a c h e r o r ie n t s t h e s t u d e n ts on r u l e s a n d p r o p e r c o n d u c t i n s i d e th e c l a s s r o om .
H e u s e s be h a v i o r a l c h a r t i n w h i c h a d e d u c ti o n o f p o in ts e n s u e s w h e n a s tu d e n t
d o e s n ’ t f ol l o w r u l e s . A n o n - v i ol e n t a p p r oa c h of d i s c i pl i n e .
3 . T h e t e a c h e r c o n d u c ts a s i m pl e r e c a l l t o r e f r e s h t h e s t u d e n t s a b ou t th e pr e v i o us
l e s s on . T h e s tu d e n ts pa r t i c i pa t e b y a n s we r in g th e qu e s t i on s t h r o w n b y t h e te a c h e r
4 . T h e te a c h e r a d d r e s s e s t h e s tu d e n t a s “ M r . o r Mi s s ” w h ic h is u s u a l l y a p p l i e d to
c o l l e ge s t u d e n ts . T h e te r m is l e s s f r i e n d l y a n d t o o f o r m a l .
5 . T h e t e a c h e r s t a r t e d t o gr o u p t h e s t u d e n t i n t o 4 gr o u ps f or a n a c ti v i t y .
6 . T h e s t u d e n ts a c t i v e l y pa r ti c i pa te d i n th e g r ou p d y n a m i c s . I n th e a c ti v i t y , t h e
t e a c h e r u s e s a r i t h m e t i c a l c o n c e p t i n d e c o d i n g t h e w o r d s p r e s e n t e d . T h e te a c h e r t h e n
s t a r te d t o u n l o c k d if f i c u l ti e s b y s h a r i n g th e d e f i n i t i on o f t h e o b j e c ts o f t h e l e s s on .
7 . T h e te a c h e r h a s t h e m a s te r y o f t h e c o n te n t a n d u s e s d if f e r e n t ia te d a c t iv i t i e s l ik e :
d e c o d i n g o f w or d s , gu e s s i n g ga m e s , e tc .
8 . T h e te a c h e r e x pl a in s th e m e a n in g o f e a c h o b j e c t of th e l e s s on w i th t h e a i d o f v is u a l
a i d s p r o je c te d on s c r e e n u s i n g l e d pr o j e c t o r a n d P o w e r P o i n t . T h e e x pl a n a ti o n is
v e r y c l e a r th a t s tu d e n ts u n d e r s ta n d t h e l e s s o n v e r y we l l .
9 . T h e a c t i v i t ie s a n d d is c u s s i o n s a r e c h e e r f u l , e n j o y a b l e a n d l i v e l y b u t f a i l e d to
e l i c i t H i g h e r Or d e r T h in k i n g S k il l s .
1 0 . T h e te a c h e r a t t h e e n d o f t h e l e s s o n c on d u c ts a n a s s e s s m e n t t o e va l u a t e h o w f a r t he
students understand the lesson.
11. The class ended on time.
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Signature over Printed Name of the Observer
This form is part of the Classroom Observation Tool–RPMS, which was developed through the
Philippine National Research Center for Teacher Quality (RCTQ) with support from the Australian Government.