Deck 4: Observing And Recording Unanticipated Behaviours

Question 1

Explain why running records have been used to chronicle a child's unique behaviours.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Why is it important to separate your observations from your interpretations?

Answer 2

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Question 3

Explain the unique feature of the ABC analysis type of record.

Answer 3

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Question 4

Why do educators use observation to document children's unanticipated behaviours?

Question 5

Define the term anecdotal observation.

Question 6

Write an interpretation from the observation in the beginning of this chapter involving Sebastian and Rocco.

Question 7

Why is it important to include contextual information in your pedagogical documentation?

Question 8

Why is the concept of time so relevant when using the method called running records?

Question 9

Which of the following describes the format of the anecdotal record?

A) located in the format column of the interpretation
B) flexible enough to accommodate most situations
C) complicated and difficult to administer
D) all of the above

Question 10

What kind of stories are learning stories?

A) stories that reflect ABCs and are written by the child
B) stories that could not be included in a reflective journal in schools
C) stories that do not include bookmarks, journal entries, or notes
D) stories that are a method of learning about families, culture, and community

Question 11

How can videorecording be used?

A) to replace hard copy information about a child
B) to support our understanding of how a child learns
C) as a model for running records
D) both a and b

Question 12

Describe how you would use ABC analysis to uncover the hitting behaviours of a three-year-old child.

Question 13

What does use of the words seems,perhaps,as if,and appears mean?

A) that interpretations are speculative and subject to personal bias
B) that interpretations are used extensively
C) that interpretations are appreciated by the observer
D) that these are your favourite words

Question 14

Why is learning how to observe and record children's behaviour important to educators?

Question 15

How are running records and anecdotal records similar? How are they different?

Question 16

In the ABC analysis observational tool,what is the antecedent?

A) what happened before the behaviour
B) the beginning of an anecdotal observation
C) related, similar behaviours
D) the definition of the behaviour

Question 17

Explain how you would use the ABC analysis type of record to determine why transition times during a preschool schedule seem so tense and hectic.

Question 18

Briefly describe why teachers find the ABC analysis type of record useful.

Question 19

How do the observational methods described in chapter 4 uncover information about the relationships between children?

Question 20

How can observation inform practice? What does that mean?

Question 21

What are the advantages to using visual alternatives to print-dependent methods of documentations? What are some disadvantages?

Question 22

Describe how learning stories have been used to further include family and culture into a child's learning and ways learning stories have evolved.

Question 23

Why would educators choose to use a combination of alternative methods?

Question 24

How can these methods be adapted to support children who have extra support needs?

Question 25

How have electronic technologies influenced the role of the teacher-educator and the process of documentation?

Question 26

Explain why it would be beneficial to record observations of a child's behaviour,using a combination of methods presented in this chapter.