Republic of the Philippines

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

CLASSROOM OBSERVATION CHECKLIST

INQUIRY-BASED 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
BEGINNING OF THE LESSON
For the teacher.
1. Engages learners in order to reveal their current/prior
understanding.
2. Gives opportunities to allow learners to share their understanding.
3. Encourages learners to share their understanding with each other.
4. Encourages learners to share questions about the topic.
5. Listens to learners' ideas and provides a positive response - one
that respects the learners' ideas even if they are not correct, but
expresses that the discussion itself is important.
6. Engages learners in a question related to the lesson.
7. Connects the learners' understanding/questions with lesson-
oriented question.

Score: ____________
Encircle the number that applies to this observation.
For the learners.
5 4 3 2 1
Learners Learners Learners Learners No lesson-
posed the selected sharpened or engaged in oriented
question among clarified questions question posed
questions, questions provided by
posed new provided by teacher,
questions teacher, materials, or
materials, or other source
other source

Score: ____________

(Total Score ÷ 40) x 100 = Percentage Score (Beginning) : ____________

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Indicators 5 4 3 2 1
MIDDLE OF THE LESSON
For the teacher.
1. Provides students with the opportunity to test their ideas.
2. Asks students questions that help lead students, without giving
answers, toward a better idea of the phenomenon tested.
3. Asks students questions that help reveal their evolving
understanding.
4. Demands evidence from students to support their explanations.
5. Allows students to share their ideas about the explanations with
others.

Score: ____________
Encircle the number that applies to this observation.
For the learners.
5 4 3 2 1
Learners Learners Learners given Learners given Data neither
determined directed to data and asked data and told collected nor
what collect certain to analyze how to analyze given
constituted as data
evidence and
collected it

Score: ____________
(Total Score ÷ 30) x 100 = Percentage Score (Beginning) : ____________
Put a check on the appropriate column.
Indicators 5 4 3 2 1
END OF THE LESSON
For the teacher.
1. Encourages learners to connect ideas from prior experience to the
recent classroom exploration
2. Provides learners the opportunity to explain another problem
based on the recent classroom exploration
3. Helps clarify the learners' use of lesson-related terminologies.
4. Provides learners a chance to express their new ideas with each
other
5. Provides time for thelearners to reflect on what they have learned

Score: ____________
Encircle the number that applies to this observation.
For the learners.
5 4 3 2 1
Learners Learners Learners Learners given Learners not
formed coached in provided broad steps and given the
reasonable development of guidelines to procedures for chance to
and logical communication sharpen communication communicate
arguments to communication explanations
communicate
explanations

Score: ____________
(Total Score ÷ 30) x 100 = Percentage Score (Beginning) : ____________

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 MPS = (PS Beginning + PS Middle + PS End) ÷ 3 : ___________
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

Based on Indicators of Inquiry™

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