Understand Observation and Teaching Methods used in Early Ch

Why do early childhood professionals observe young children?

• To get to know the children; To identify needs/special needs

• To identify individual and classroom problems; To plan developmentally appropriate curriculum

• To learn more about child development; document progress/levels of development; to learn more about child development

• All the above

What is an example of Formal observation?

• standardized tests, research instruments (surveys, questionnaires

• interviewing parents, talking with children, observing students, and collecting student work samples

• dresses and shoes

• Apples and oranges

What is an Informal observation ?

• standardized tests, research instruments (surveys, questionnaires, etc.)

• interviewing parents, talking with children, observing students, and collecting student work samples

• Lesson Plans

• Professional Development

Objective reporting means recording only the

Subjective reports, on the other hand, include

Guidelines for

Recording Observations

• •Sign your name

• •Include date and beginning/ending times

• •List children and their ages/adults present

• •Describe the setting

  •Record only what you see as soon as it happens

• All the above

Frequency Count

• •A count of how many times a behavior occurs during a specific time period

• •Checkmarks beside a list of behaviors or information that is being looked for

  •Could be a checklist of child behaviors or of conditions in a center

• •An evaluation of listed items using either words or numbers as ratings

• •A detailed, step-by-step written record of what happens during a specified time period

Checklist

• •A detailed, step-by-step written record of what happens during a specified time period

• •Checkmarks beside a list of behaviors or information that is being looked for

  •Could be a checklist of child behaviors or of conditions in a center

• •A count of how many times a behavior occurs during a specific time period

• •An evaluation of listed items using either words or numbers as ratings

Rating Scale

• •A detailed, step-by-step written record of what happens during a specified time period

• •A detailed written description about a particular incident

• •An evaluation of listed items using either words or numbers as ratings

• •Checkmarks beside a list of behaviors or information that is being looked for

  •Could be a checklist of child behaviors or of conditions in a center

Running Record

• •A detailed, step-by-step written record of what happens during a specified time period

• •A detailed written description about a particular incident

• •Checkmarks beside a list of behaviors or information that is being looked for

  •Could be a checklist of child behaviors or of conditions in a center

• •A count of how many times a behavior occurs during a specific time period