Literature review matrix No. Name: 04.

Btari Eka Widianti

Current Issues in Lesson Planning
Study Context Field Research Theory Method Main finding
Question/Aim of PD Approach** No. of Instrument Analysis Technique
used* respondents
Drost and EFL Teaching 1. What strategies do Aligmen Quantitative Student Throughout Begin with a Evidence suggests (Darling-Hammond et al.,
Levine teacher educators t data analysis, discussion of 2005; Martin, 2006;
(2015) use to teach lesson we met definitions of Orlich et al., 2011; Porter, 2002) that effective
plan alignment to regularly to effective alignment lesson planning can
preservice discuss and and how it is lead to better student learning outcomes. This
teachers? revise the evidenced in exploratory study
a. What strategies labels and to practice. Next, we yielded key findings that may be of use to teacher
are used to reexamine the discuss the models educators as
teach data. During by which lesson they strive to teach preservice teachers lesson
preservice the coding and planning is plan alignment. The
teachers how to reading conceptualized, authors hope that those whose lives preservice
read, unpack, process, we followed by a report teachers ultimately
and analyze wrote both of the problems that touch—students in K–12 classrooms—will be the
Common Core shared and occur when beneficiaries
and/or state independent misalignment is
standards? analytic present. Lastly, we
b. What strategies memos to examine the gaps
are used to identify key in the literature and
teach points related describe the
preservice to the research potential of this
teachers how questions study to help close
to align (Hesse-Biber the identified gaps.
assessments & Leavy,
and 2006).
instructional
activities to the
objectives
and/or the
standards?
c. What strategies
are used to
teach
preservice
 teachers how to
align different
types of
assessment
pieces
(formative, sum-
mative, and
diagnostic) to
the objectives,
the standards,
and to the
different
assessment
types?
2. What strategies
or tools do
teacher
educators use to
assess alignment
in preservice
teachers’ lesson
plan design?

Sidek et al. ESL Reading 1. Are the reading Aligmen Qualitative Secondary 1. Analysis of The present study The study embarked to examine the alignment of
Education
(2014) tasks in the Form t Types of extracted types of reading tasks among the Form Four
Four English Reading reading tasks in the English Language Curriculum Specifications
Language Tasks Form Four English document, the Form Four English Language
Curriculum 2. Alignment Language textbook and the instructional implementation
Specifications between Curriculum level. The findings reveal that there are
document in Form Four Specifications misalignments between what is proposed in the
alignment with English document curriculum and what is offered in the textbook,
the reading tasks Reading (Malaysian and what is executed at the instructional level.
in the Form Four Curriculum Ministry of The study has implications on the areas of
English language Specificati Education, 2003), teacher training and textbook writing in terms of
textbook? ons and in the Form Four conforming to what is specified in the curriculum
2. Are the reading Form Four English specifications document in meeting the goals of
tasks in the Form English language textbook the national curriculum
Four English Textbook and also from
Language 3. Alignment classroom
 Curriculum between observations
Specifications Form Four onESL reading
document in English comprehension
alignment with Reading lessons. The data
the reading tasks Curriculum collected from the
in the Form Four Specificati three sources were
English reading ons and analyzed using
comprehension Classroom straightforward
instructional Implement percentages and
implementation? ation compared in order
3. Are the reading 4. Alignment to deter
tasks in the Form between mine the
Four English Form Four alignments.
Language English
textbook in Textbook
alignment with and
the reading tasks Classroom
in the Form Four Implement
English reading ation
comprehension 5. Alignment
instructional between
implementation? Form Four
English
Reading
Curriculum
Specificati
ons and
Classroom
Implement
ation
6. Alignment
between
Form Four
English
Reading
Curriculum
Specificati
ons and
Classroom
 Implement
ation
7. Alignment
between
Form Four
English
Language
textbook
and
Classroom
Implement
ation

Criteria for selection:

- Addressing current trends in aligning assessments to objectives and curriculum when designing and implementing lesson plan;
- EFL/ESL context
- Fields: Teaching reading, writing, listening, or speaking, Assessment, Educational technology, etc.
- Research articles or literature review, including thesis or desertation
- If articles, published in peer-review
- Last 10 years (From 2008 up to now)

* Theories
1. Course design
2. Alignment
3. …

** Approach/Method
1. Qualitative (case study, etc)
2. Quantitative (survey, experiment, etc)
Bibliography
bryan r. drost, s. h. (2015). An Analysis of Strategies for Teaching Standards-Based Lesson Plan Alignment to . JOURNAL OF EDUCATION , 37-47.

Sidek, H. (2014). ESL Reading Instruction: Alignment of Curriculum and Implementation. ScienceDirect , 442-449.