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methods of observation & recording - terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Observation | systematic means of gathering information about childrn by watching them. -most important assessment tool, even more than books or set tests. |
| observation record | written records of the observations of a child including anecdotes, daily logs, and in-depth running records. -brief, casual anecdotal observations of various children throughout the day - daily logs written at the end of eah day, & more. |
| anecdotal notes | brief notes of significant events or critical incidents in a particular child's day -for futher substantiation, documentation, and ways to explore behavior patterns. more detail version is running record. |
| running records | notes made of routine functioning of an individual child or small group of children. - a more detail anecdotal note;picks a time during the day (10min approx), to observe and right down everythng she/he does. |
| class journals | diaries that teachers keep about a group's progress toward meeting educational goals. -normally done at the end of the day, salient details, allow time for reflect for the curricular, instructal, and behavioral event. |
| checklists | forms of recording the skills or attributes of the children in a class. -commerically available prefer if fits your goals; available as test companies try to capture the performance assessment market. |
| frequency records | checklists for recording the presence or absence of, frequency of, or quality of selected behaviors -as teacher develops checklists, they must be aware that they are developing "assessment" list must describe skills or target behaviors. |
| event sampling | record of skills or behaviors a teacher wants the children to know or to do - can be done with:social skills; affective expression;cognitive attributes; creativity; enhancement of self. important life skills. |
| time sampling | checklist for determining what is happening at a particular time with one or more children. - well-defined categories like: recognizes five words (yes, maybe, not reading),asks questions about the story (often, sometimes, never). |
| rating scales | methods of recording whether children posses certain skills or attributes and to what extent. - |
| typical development | the usual or expected development pattern of children. |
| atypical development | unusual developmental pattern of children |
| developmental delay | when student learning isn't at the same level as peers. |
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