Closure and Anticipatory Set

The closure section in a lesson plan provides context for the lesson and also reviews what the students have learned during the lesson. It is a good opportunity for the teacher to add insight to the knowledge the students have just received. In math specifically, I like it when I can relate what we have learned to what students may learn in the future. Students are more likely to remember things if there is a sense of importance to it, so it is good if you can give them a reason to remember what they have learned. Relating a lesson to a career path or a future class the student may take can make more of an impact in the mind of the student so they may be more likely to recall what they have learned. As boring as it is, even saying that the concept will come up on a final exam or something like that can do the trick. Anticipatory set is the introduction of your lesson to students that includes their motivation for learning. This is very similar to closure in a lesson, but it involves more background information for the student. In a sense it is the attention grabber for the lesson and gets the student interested, so it needs to be appealing to the crowd you are teaching. Obviously, sometimes learning is a touch sell for students so it is good to relate concepts they will learn to something they may be interested. Relate statistics lessons to sports or something like that is a good way to interest a younger group. http://k6educators.about.com/od/lessonplanheadquarters/g/closure.htm http://www.edulink.org/lessonplans/anticipa.htm