Lecture 4+ Reading Flashcards
What are the advantages of checklists
-Quick and easy
-Adaptable to all environments
-Less time writing, more time for analysis
-Patterning of info
-Observer bias is reduced
What are the disadvantages of checklists
-No in-depth info is provided
-Only records what has/has not occurred
-Doesn’t provide contextual info
-One time might not be sufficient to observe typical behaviour
-“black and white” limited pic of skills
List 3 different formats for taking anecdotes
-Rating scales
-Visual doc techniques
-Visual + digital doc
Describe what learning opportunities should provide for children
-Provide practice w/ current activities and challenges
- See connections btw past/ new activities
-Ensure all kids can participate
-Allow freedom for meaningful participation
-Offer repeated opportunities to practice skills
What are the different types of schema play?
-Connecting
-Orientation
-Transporting
-Trajectory
-Positioning
-Enveloping
-Enclosing
-Rotation
Why is it important to separate the object and what the child is wondering when observing an anecdote?
-Clarify observations
-Highlights individual interests + thoughts
How does webbing help educators plan for curriculum
-Uses kids’s ideas to encourage skill dev in all areas of the curriculum
-brainstorming
-Dig deeper
Define schema play
Universal play that kids do when they are alone
What is a rating scale
A scale used to eval quality of behaviors
Compare and contrast a checklist and a rating scale
Checklist= presence/absence
Rating scale= degree/intensity
Compare and contrast behaviour and characteristics
Behaviour= actions, what kid does
characteristics= label based on opinion
What is a KWL chart?
-Activities to help the kids answer their own questions
-Starting w/ what they already know
