Check for UnderstandingUSSF Referee Instructor Course

ITIP

United States Soccer Federation

Lesson SetDo you remember what the definition of “instruction” was that was given in a previous lesson?“Instruction is a PROCESS of DELIBERATE DECISION MAKING and ACTION that makes LEARNING MORE PROBABLE and more predictable successful than it would be without teaching.” … Remember It!!

Check for Understanding

Lesson ObjectiveAt the end of this session you will write out the (3) different types of total group responses used to check for understanding, with an example of each, to the satisfaction of the instructor.

Check for Understanding

DefinitionA deliberate action to assess the students’ grasp of the information presented.

Check for Understanding

Check for UnderstandingTwo Ways to Check for Understanding requires Active Participation:

• Sample QuestionsTypically an Individual Response

• Total Group ResponsesChoral ResponseSignal ResponsePrivate Response

Sample Questions ?

Check for Understanding

What do you do after you ask the questions?• Use the responses from questioning to determine where to go next in the lesson.• Use verbal and non-verbal behaviors to evaluate students’ level of learning.

Monitor and Adjust to teach to meet the needs of your students.

Sample Questions ?

Check for Understanding

Monitoring and Adjusting means to observe student behavior during the learning and to choose alternatives in teaching or the learning, when necessary, to reach the desired learner outcome.An instructor should be constantly monitoring the students during the lesson.If monitoring and adjusting is not done, 40-80% of class time is wasted.

Sample Questions

Check for Understanding

MonitorYou need to constantly monitor the lesson to determine degree of instructional effectiveness. • Use eye contact … constantly with all

students• Walk around during lesson• Give positive reinforcement• Provide student directed activities• Use humor• Wait time …. give all students time to

think

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Sample Questions

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AdjustOnce determined adjustments may need to be made:

Slow down … if material is too difficultSpeed up … if material is too simpleJump ahead …. If students already know materialRe-teach … if students are missing some important prior knowledgeDifferent approach …. different tactics … video vs. lecture … visual, auditory, hands on, etc.

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Choral Response

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Good to use when answers are short and need to be given in a specific order.

Ex. Good for naming the three elements of an objective …. What … How Shown … How WellEx. Good for reciting definitionsEx. Not good for naming areas on a soccer field … no real order can be provided chorally, use some other means to check that information.

Signal Response

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A visual only response Thumbs up / thumbs downSmile when you have the answerShow me with your fingers how many …

Hands up for a “Yes” answer … then hands up for a “No” answer …. Force a decision, not a decision by default.

Signal Response

Check for Understanding

Allows the instructor to work with large groups. Watch out for the piggy-backer who just copies his neighbor. That could be an indication that he doesn’t know, or is just unsure of himself. You may need to add something more to your signal.Be sure to add wait time to your request for a signal, or all you will get are the speed demons.

Private Response

Check for Understanding

Student writes down the answer on their paper or laptop.Short answers that the instructor can see at a glance.Allows instructor to pick a student to call on that has the correct answerInstructor has already made sure that student’s answer is correct.

Lesson AssignmentWrite out and bring to the in-class sessions:

The three (3) different types of total group responses used to check for understanding.

Include an example of each that could be used in an Entry Level Referee Clinic.

Check for Understanding

Check for UnderstandingUSSF Referee Instructor Course

ITIP

United States Soccer Federation