Child Observation

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Assessment, observing strategies and portfolios are all areas that have been discussed in various other ECE classes but never in such a way that was so interesting. There are various differences between the 2 topics observations are used to watch, record and reflect on a child’s behavior where assessments take the observation, portfolio and projects that can be used to make judgements about characteristics of children or programs. Assessments have several purposes one benefit is it helps teachers plan to meet all children’s developmental and learning needs. There are many ways to assess a child one way is an authentic assessment which assesses a child in a real world setting. Reasons for observing children’s behavior encompass …show more content…

When completing an objective observation consider using descriptive phrases which refers to an observable behavior and avoid using subjective phrases in which a behavior cannot be verified by another observer. There are many effective methods for observing children’s development and behaviors the following is a list teachers can utilize. Anecdotal records- a brief written note, running record- longer more detail, checklist- a list of behaviors, rating scales- summary judgement, event sampling- formal method identifying specific behaviors and time sampling- observe for a limited time period. The explanations given and examples in relation to these methods of observing were very informative. The chapter explanation gave me insight into how the various methods could be used and a different perspective on how each one is to be used and why. In a busy classroom the checklist and rating scale method would allow for the teacher to complete multiple observations on several children at one time. When using a rating scale observation there already has to be other forms of observation in place for this to be effective. A teacher also needs to keep in mind with the time sampling method the results in which a teacher is hoping for may not be observed due to the fact the behavior might occur outside the monitoring

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