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    Observation In order to be a good educator, it is critical to observe children during their learning experiences. Observations allow the educator to determine what the child knows, can do and understand (Early Childhood Australia, 2012, p.1). Observations help the educator to implement experiences, which are of interest to the children helping to build on their knowledge. According to Curtis & Carter (2013, p. 16) educators have many demands and distractions; therefore learning to pay attention requires

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    IMPRESSIONS A. Subject Matter As I look at into my prospectus the description in this subject is observational child study 1. So I was expecting to observe a child from the title itself. I am exited to enhance my strategy by observing a child. This subject would be a big help for us speders to learn the techniques of being observant. Decide what further information you to gain in specific child ability. I am expecting to go outside the campus

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    completed my child observation on Monday the 19th of October I arrived at 8:30am and choose to stay until 3:00pm. When I arrived there were a total of ten children ranging in age from three to five years old and two teachers overseeing the toddler/preschool class room. At 9:00am the two teachers separated the class into two categories toddlers (4 children) and preschool (6 children). I stayed with the preschool children so I could observe the child I had chosen for my observation this separation remained

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    Suppose your sociology instructor has asked you to do a study of homelessness. Which research technique (survey, observation, experiment, existing sources) would you find the most useful? How would you use that technique to complete your assignment? If my sociology instructor has asked me to do a study of homelessness, I will choose the observation research technique because I think this method is the most useful to me. In definition, observation means collecting information through direct participation

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    someone observed them. I paid attention to the number of people waiting together to determine the relationship between the waiting and arriving people, their actions while they waited and their reaction once they met their person. According to my observations, people brought the whole family with them if the person they waited for was part of a family and they were alone if the arrived person was one’s boy/girlfriend. They had similar emotions such as being tired and bored while they waited. No one

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    Cross-Cultural Observation: Macy’s Department Store In order to observe the interactions between individuals from different cultural background, my partner: Gina Nguyen and I went to the Macy’s department store, located downtown Boston. We selected this store because of the size and their reputation of having a diverse workforce. Gina and I started our observation at 3:30pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 and finished it at 4:20pm. We were observing the interactions between the coworkers, as

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    whether the pillbug is attracted to, repelled by, or unresponsive to a substance, especially if the pillbug is already headed towards the direction of a substance. 3. No, the scientific method cannot explain all observations. In order for the scientific method to explain all observations, it must be able to answer a question about something that can be measured. The question: Do pillbugs have a color preference ? cannot be tested by the scientific method. METRIC MEASUREMENTS & MICROSCOPY

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    CHILD AND YOUNG PERSON DEVELOPMENT 1.1 When assessing you need to take account of a range of factors: 1. Confidentiality must be kept at all times. You must have the senior practitioner’s and/or the parents’ permission before making formal observations of children. Do not to leave confidential material lying around they must be secured in a locked cabinet. Line of reporting-only talk to authorized personal about confidential material. This confidentially can only be broken when a child is at

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    to collect data used by the researchers in their daily activities during the research. Patton has defined observation method as a “descriptions of activities, behaviours, actions, conversations, interpersonal interactions, organisation or community processes or any other aspect of observable human experience.” (2002, p.4). By describing and recording all the data gathered from the observation, observational data can shows a comprehensive description of the incident and provides an insight to the scenario

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    In order to effectively measure the specific behavioral outcomes after delivery of instruc-tion is made via digital media devices, I will be using qualitative methods such as, observations and a focus group, to assess the gains being made, and the behavioral outcomes that occur direct-ly after technology has been used by the student. Since autism is a communication disorder it will be difficult to directly interview the participants. Therefore, I will ask a simple yes/no question such as, “did you

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