Observation Analysis Molley Green MTE 506 September 29th‚ 2012 Shawn Wells Observation Analysis Observing a classroom has a certain metaphysical edge. Merely by your presence and watching‚ you cannot help but feel that you are somehow changing or influencing the class and the students that make it up. My observations took place in two settings‚ the first and my primary observation source
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Anecdotal Observations it’s all about seeing RRC ECE Workplace October 20‚ 2005 Workplace EC E Program Anecdotal Observation Resource 1 About Anecdotal Records 1. What are they? Anecdote: - a short story - a sketch - an illustration (J. I. Rodale‚ Th e Syno nym Finder (1978) Ro dale Press) Anecdote: - a brief account of an important developmental event (Billman‚ 1996‚ pg. 19). Anecdotal Record: - “The written account or word picture of one episode in the child’s life”
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What Is Observation? Clues to the development and personality of each child‚ for example‚ “read” the child and “see” a situation; distinguish between details and trivia. Seeing Children Through Observation -Children in action during play provides clues ;see children in relation to their peers‚ and Environmental factors that can influence behavior‚ such as Noise level‚ Congestion and Time of day. Observe Skill Development See a Child’s stage of development Meet children’s social‚ emotional‚
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running records can be transferred to checklists to make interpretation easier Advantages 1. They are easy and quick to use; 2. Little training required; 3. They can be used in the presence of the child or recorded later; 4. Helps to focus observations on many behaviors at once; 5. Can be used for curriculum planning; activities can be planned to encourage certain behaviors that have not yet been observed; 6. Can be used to condense information from running record or anecdotal records. Disadvantages
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The Effects of Alcohol on Behavior A Naturalistic Observation Study I conducted a Naturalistic Observation Study to examine some of the possible effects of alcohol consumption on the behavior of young adults. According to K. Cherry (2012) (What is Naturalistic Observation?‚ para. 1) A Naturalistic Observation is a method of research that is often used by psychologists and other social scientists in order to study and observe the behaviors as they would occur in their natural‚ un -disrupted
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Methods/Procedures To test the original hypothesis‚ six observations were taken at many different times during the day. Observations were taken during the morning‚ mid-afternoon‚ and the evening. The data was collected on four different days. To make sure that the observations would be consistent and accurate‚ two sets of observations were taken around in the same time frame. The location and the weather were constant‚ while the time of day was altered since it was the variable that was being tested
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Context The purpose of this assignment is to compare and contrast two observations in different contexts. The children in both contexts where aged 4-5. I chose children of the same age so that age would not affect the results. According to Jean Piaget children of this age children are in the Preoperational Stage (RAD‚ 2012) I did not see any evidence to suggest that this was not the case. However I don’t think that all children reach the same stage of development at the same time‚ each case must
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Assignment 1. Some of the key trends in the capital structure of India Inc. are as follows: Key observations: * Indian corporate employ substantial amount of debt in their capital structure in terms of the debt-equity ratio as well as total debt to total assets ratio. * As a result of debt-dominated capital structure‚ the Indian corporate are exposed to a very high degree of total risk as reflected in high degree of operating leverage and financial leverage and‚ consequently‚ are
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Observation Paper Alyssa Bosco St. Josephs College Running Head: OBSERVATION ASSIGNMENT ! 1 A very important young girl and boy in my life‚ had let me into their lives in order to complete this assignment‚ allowing me to understand the small and major differences between a healthy child and an autistic child. This observation assignment concerns the physical domain‚ but more specifically the development of gross motor skills. The purpose of this observation is to determine the differences in
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there at all. He looked like he would rather be somewhere else. This observation is posing a bigger concern for society‚ especially‚ if there are a lot more fathers not getting involved with their children; this may create a disconnecting with their father. Children need both parents to feel loved and cared for and not just the attention of their mothers. Limitation I observed this family in one setting alone. Observations need to be completed on different fathers’ interactions with their children
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