Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A
DIVISION OF SAN PABLO CITY
San Pablo City

CLASSROOM OBSERVATION CHECKLIST

COLLABORATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING
School: ______________________ Section and Date: ______________________
Teacher: _________________________________ Time Duration: _____________
Topic: ________________________________________________________________
5 - Excellent 4 - Advanced 3 - Proficient 2 - Developing 1 - Beginning
Put a check on the appropriate column.
Indicators 5 4 3 2 1
Teacher
1. Teacher and learners share their knowledge about the lesson.
2. Teacher helps learners connect new information to their
experiences and to learning in other areas.
3. Teacher helps learners learn how to learn.
4. Teacher adjusts the level of information and support to learners so
as to maximize the ability to take responsibility for learning.
5. Teacher provides options for activities and assignments that
capture different learners' interests and goals.
6. Teacher encourages learners to assess what they learned.
7. Teacher helps learners to listen to diverse opinions.
8. Teacher moves from group to group for appropriate actions
(modeling a learning strategy for one group or engaging in discussion
with another or giving feedback to still another)
Learners
9. Learners set specific goals within the framework of the lesson.
10. Learners treat each other with respect.
11. Learners plan their own learning activities.
12. Learners support knowledge claims with evidence.
13. Learners are engaged in critical and creative thinking.
14. Learners participate in an open and meaningful dialogue.
15. Learners take responsibility for monitoring, adjusting, self-
questioning, and questioning each other.
16. Learners are oriented of the time to accomplish the task(s).
17. Learners are aware of the process on how to accomplish the
task(s).
18. Learners know their roles and responsibilities in the group.
19. Learners know the rationale for the activities.
20. Learners are aware of what are expected of them to accomplish.
21. Learners are motivated to accomplish the task(s).
22. Learners showed satisfaction after accomplishing the task(s).
23. Classroom physical environment is arranged to facilitate
collaborative activities.
Activities
24. Parents and community are involved in the collaborative
activities.
25. Learning tasks enable learners to make connections to real-world
objects, events, and situations in their own and an expanded world,

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26. Learning tasks foster learners' confidence and at the same time,
are appropriately challenging.
27. Activities accommodate various group speeds. (Activities for early
finishers are on-hand.)
28. Time to finish a task is appropriate to the ability and readiness of
the learners.
29. The structure of the activity gives learners time to process the
new information before they are asked to respond.
30. Reflection time is built into the activity.

Percentage Score = (Total Score ÷ 150) x 100: ____________

Descriptive Rating:______________
1.00-1.49 - Beginning
1.50-2.49 - Developing
2.50-3.49 - Proficient
3.50-4.49 - Advanced
4.50-5.00 - Excellent
Comments and Suggestions:

Remarks from Teacher:

Agreement:

_____________________ _____________________
Observer Teacher
References:

What Is the Collaborative Classroom?

M.B. Tinzmann, B.F. Jones, T.F. Fennimore, J. Bakker, C. Fine, and J. Pierce
NCREL, Oak Brook, 1990
http://methodenpool.unikoeln.de/koopunterricht/The%20Collaborative%20Classroom.htm

Collaborative Learning
http://web.utah.edu/taresources/Collaborative.htm

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