i Sarah,
When I was teaching, I mainly used observations as a tool for assessment. The main problems that I and the lead teacher faced, were also wrong focus and personal bias. As others mentioned, there were many times when I found myself trying to interpret a student's behavior and in the end, overanalyzing it.What my lead teachers suggested was making two columns and trying to separate observations and interpretations. While I started distinguishing them, I still felt the need to include more things on the observation part. One day, she decided that we should both observe the same child during an activity and then share what we have collected. As you mentioned, it was interesting to read different perspectives of the same situation. While
When I was teaching, I mainly used observations as a tool for assessment. The main problems that I and the lead teacher faced, were also wrong focus and personal bias. As others mentioned, there were many times when I found myself trying to interpret a student's behavior and in the end, overanalyzing it.What my lead teachers suggested was making two columns and trying to separate observations and interpretations. While I started distinguishing them, I still felt the need to include more things on the observation part. One day, she decided that we should both observe the same child during an activity and then share what we have collected. As you mentioned, it was interesting to read different perspectives of the same situation. While