The Classroom Observer: Developing Observation Skills in Early Childhood Settings, Third Edition

This third edition emphasizes early childhood and focuses on those skills that will enable the observer to make appropriate, valid inferences and to arrive at decisions based on objective observational data gathered in natural learning environments and diverse educational settings.

The authors examine

• Procedures for observing environmental factors that affect learning and behavior
• The importance of understanding the cultural and linguistic characteristics of children's learning environments
• The key role of observation in the assessment process, forms of observation with examples; and
• The exploration of reliability, sampling behavior, recording formats, summarizing observational outcomes and validity.

Using photographs, sample worksheets, a simple format, and straight-forward language, the authors cite fascinating real-life examples from early childhood that can be applied to a variety of classroom experiences.

Available As: Book with sample worksheets
Written By: Ann E. Boehm and Richard A. Weinberg
Book Length: 192 pages