Abstract
The study aims to develop students’ higher cognitive skills e.g. analysis, synthesis and assessment and to increase their academic successes by reflecting their cognitive skills in psychomotor skills in practice with the help of lesson study. Therefore, the aim of the study is to increase students’ English as a foreign language learning level. Action research was used in the study. “English Achievement Test” and “Semi-Structured Interview Form” developed by the researchers were used as data collection instruments. English achievement test was used as pre-test and post-test to define students’ English language levels, and semi-structured interview form was used to determine teachers’ views about lesson study practice. According to research result, lesson study has increased students’ learning levels significantly. Moreover, teachers stated that lesson study was highly beneficial and affected their professional development in a positive way. It was stated by teachers in the study that lesson study had the teachers a chance to observe and assess their teaching qualities and so, it made the students’ learning levels increase significantly. Furthermore, all of the teachers agreed that lesson study as an in-service training model could be an approach used for both other lessons and nationally.
Highlights
The competition among countries has increased more via scientific changes and technological developments in the recent days
Teachers stated that lesson study was highly beneficial and affected their professional development in a positive way
Research results show that lesson study has increased students’ learning levels significantly
Summary
The competition among countries has increased more via scientific changes and technological developments in the recent days. The most important element of globalization is learning product, which enables the countries to show themselves internationally. In this manner, international exams e.g. PISA and TIMSS, which enables the countries to compare themselves with each other, have gained much more importance. International standard assessments like PISA are important to state the countries’ levels internationally and to compete with their performances globally. Students’ performances are assessed through almost the same aims in each country. PISA assesses 15-year-old students in terms of mathematics literacy, reading skills and science literacy. Literacy is described as a capacity for practicing students’ knowledge and skills, and to analyze the problems occurred in different contexts, to reason, to communicate effectively, to interpret and product different solutions to the problems
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