Authentic Assessment: Observation of Young Children I: The Eyes Have It!

The Eyes Have It!, the second part of the Authentic Assessment Series, explores a variety of authentic assessment techniques used in preschool settings to document the growth of young children in their classrooms.

The documentation includes: observations, work samples, story dictation and pictures of young children within the context of their environment.

Teachers discuss the system that they have set-up with their team members to observe children in their classroom. They also address the importance of respect by observing children within the context of their own culture.

They are shown interacting with children as they take observations in social/emotional, physical, cognitive and language domains of development. And in conclusion, discuss how they use assessment results to form their curriculum and to individualize instruction for the children in their room.

Available As: Closed Captioned DVD 
Produced By: Magna Systems/Learning Seed
Running Time: 25 minutes