Observation

A naturalistic observation is a type of qualitative research methodology in which a researcher carries out a study by carefully observing the subjects in their natural environment (Cozby & Bates, 2012; Creswell, 2013). Naturalistic observational research is deeply deep-rooted in the discipline of anthropology particularly in studies examining human and animal behavior. It is also widely used in other social science disciplines like sociology and ethnic studies (Cozby & Bates, 2012). Bowler et al…

Discussion As outlined previously, there were 3 domains from the CLASS use to conduct observations on a teacher and children in a preschool classroom. The 3 domains used to conduct the observations are Emotional support, Classroom organization, and Instructional Support. The Pre-K CLASS has 10 dimensions that are scored on a 7 point scale, from low to high with a score of 1 and 2 consider being in the low range; 3, 4, and 5 are mid-range; and 6 and 7 are a high range. In general, the quality of…

In this paper, I will be discussing the behavior of a young girl named Rosie and her mother’s adventures at a lively local toy store. I spent approximately 30 minutes observing Rosie and her mother walk around the toy store. During this time, I observed Rosie interact with different objects and people. I was able to observe Rosie display her varying levels of knowledge in different areas. I was interested in observing her behavior in efforts to compare an aspect of her development to one in the…

On August 23,2017, I observe at Project Hope Early learning center locate in Harvey, Illinois. I observe in Ms. Neeland preschool classroom. In the classroom, there are about fifteen children on the roster but only about eleven attend every day. The demographic in the classroom are African American, Hispanic, and Caucasian there are seven girls and six boys. There are three students that I observe in Ms. Neeland classroom. The students in Ms. Neeland classroom are either four or five-year old.…

and tactile learning accommodations. Throughout my observations there have been many characteristics of lessons…

Observations were conducted in a Transitional Bilingual Education Kindergarten class at PS 120 and at a Dual Language First grade class at PS 163. Viewing a live classroom provided a novel learning experience from veteran teachers using various methods or strategies of teaching while observing the students’ responses, the classroom environment amalgamated with the interaction of students. On Friday 3/16/18, Ms. Hong’s Kindergarten class had 25 Chinese students concluding an 08:25 morning…

As the individual tables or desks are not provided for grade 1, the students were sitting on the chairs. At first, at the time of explanation, the students were arranged in the middle of the class as rows and represents their group. The following figure shows the class room arrangement. This arrangement helped students to read the board easily and the teacher can observe what they are doing which lead to reduce misbehaviours. Wannarka & Ruhl (2008) also stated that the arrangements…

Community Observation: Sporting Event For my first community observation, I attended my sister's grade school basketball game. The game took place on March 24th, 2018 at 12 p.m. However, my observation starts at 11:15, because that is when my sister has to arrive at the game. The child I observed was an African American female around the age of 4. She appeared to be about 40 to 42 inches in height and about 38 pounds. Her weight was slightly below the average for her age, but she seems to…

Description of meeting: The meeting was a short parent meeting that took place in a small room within the school’s office at the Emerson School. Objectives of the session/contact: To understand a problem a parent (Ms. Lopez, mother of student within the school) was dealing with at home, and wanted her son (student of Emerson) to talk to School Social Worker on how he feels about what has happened within the mother and son’s family. Individuals at meeting: School Social Worker (field…

second grade classroom with a 5th year teacher. I have been able to observe three times. The first day I went to observe was October 3rd from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The second day I was able to observe was October 4th from noon to 3:00. My third observation was October 11th from noon to 3:00. I like that I was able to observe both the morning and the afternoon exposing me to both their morning and classroom routines and events. When I went into the classroom from 8:00-9:30, I experienced many…