Seeing Young Children A Guide to Observing and Recording Behavior

by Bentzen, Warren R

• ISBN13: 9781418073787
• ISBN10: 1418073784
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-09
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Seeing Young Children is an extensive guide to observing and recording the behavior of children from birth, through age eight. General guidelines for observing children and how to interpret observations, the implementation of findings, and ongoing evaluation are included. Detailed discussions of nine recording techniques or instruments, and the advantages and disadvantages of each are covered. Observation exercises are found throughout to test skills. Specific by age group, each chapter provides readers with observation objectives, instructions as to procedure, and background information on many functional areas.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 3
An Introduction to Growth and Development	p. 19
General Guidelines for Observing Children	p. 55
Methods, Behavior, Plans, and Contexts	p. 93
An Introduction to Observation and Recording Methods	p. 101
Narrative Descriptions	p. 109
Time Sampling	p. 130
Event Sampling	p. 154
Diary Description	p. 166
Anecdotal Records	p. 177
Frequency Counts or Duration Records	p. 188
Checklists and Rating Scales	p. 197
Interpretation of Observations, Implementation of Findings, and Ongoing Evaluation	p. 230
Observing the Newborn: Birth to One Month	p. 257
Observing the Infant: 1 to 24 Months	p. 284
Observing the Young Child: Ages Two through Five	p. 338
The School-Age Years: The Six-Year-Old Child	p. 396
The School-Age Years: The Seven- and Eight-Year-Old Child	p. 434
Developmental Checklists	p. 465
Social-Emotional Checklist	p. 471
Areas for Notice in Observing an Individual Child	p. 473
Emotional Dependency Behavior: Time Samples Procedure	p. 475
Observation Record (Social Skills)	p. 477
Observational Records	p. 478
Summary of Piaget's First Two Stages of Cognitive Development	p. 480
Havighurst's Developmental Tasks - Infancy through Middle-Childhood	p. 481
Glossary	p. 482
References	p. 493
Annotated Bibliography	p. 498
Index	p. 500
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