I have attached the form that needs to be filled out. Please use “Nicolas” when referring to the student. All of the information and the “task” that the student is performing can be made up. The “task” must be something given by a teacher in a classroom setting such as writing an essay, responding to a question, or completing a project. Please be specific when it comes to what task it is. Please leave the “Description of Context” portion blank. I have attached a sample of the project and I also attached the form that you must write the paper on. The instructions for writing the report are:
General Instructions for Writing the Observation Reports
The sheet provided for your Observation reports included the following four areas:
Description of the Context
When describing the Context, specify the following data:
- The child’s name (at least the first name), gender, grade, and age;
- The child family’s socioeconomic background;
- The child’s puzzling behavioral patterns, developmental difficulties, or special needs (if diagnosed);
- A sequence of the child’s activities under your observation;
- The child’s familiarity with the activities s/he participates in.
Description of the child’s activities/actions
- All the child’s activities under your observation should be described chronologically from the beginning to the end of the observation period.
- Keep a detailed log without missing any details.
- The child’s mimics, gestures, all his movements around the classroom and his speech should be recorded.
- If there is a dialog between the observed child and the classmate, this dialog must be recorded. All relevant teacher’s comments and instructions must also be recorded.
- Type your observation log using the form provided. Then, it makes sense to divide the description into small episodes; each should represent some separate child’s action. It will be much easier to analyze and comments small portions of the text.
Comments
- Do not confuse descriptions of the child’s activities with comments. Descriptions should show what is going on, they are objective. Comments represent your explanations and guesses about causes of the child’s actions; they are your subjective interpretations.
- Do not apply theoretical ideas to your comments.
- Format key words/phrases in every comment as bold face and underline. Eventually you will use this info for writing inferences.
Inferences
The data presented under all three rubrics mentioned above, when combined with each other, will allow you to make your inferences more well-grounded, adequate, and reliable. So, Inferences should be based on and integrate info from other parts of Observation Report.
2. For conducting observation, you may observe the student:
- in academic situation (for cognitive and learning observation)
- in academic as well as non-academic group activity — during a lesson, recess, lunch, or play (for socio-emotional observation)
3. Record how the student behaves and solves various tasks.
Please use the source that I have attached to relate the theories and also these links:
https://www.verywellmind.com/behavioral-psychology-4157183