John H. Kinzie Elementary School Observation

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The purpose of this observation at John H. Kinzie Elementary School is part of the requirement to successfully pass my EDFN Educational and Individual Differences course. Ten hours of observation and ten hours of service at a CPS school of our choice was part of the this assignment. The purpose of the observation at a CPS school was to observe student/student interaction, and/or student/teacher interaction. Also, to apply one or more of the possible theories such as the cognitive, biosocial, psychosocial, social learning and information processing theories that may help connect our observation data. The two research questions I would like to explore during the research section of this assignment are: How students interact with the teacher

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