Classroom Observer Developing Observation Skills in Early Childhood Settings

Summary: Includes new focuses on: Procedures for observing environmental factors that affect learning and behavior-- Understanding the cultural and linguistic characteristics of children's learning environments-- The key role of observation in the assessment process-- 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. [read more]