Observing, Documenting and Assessing in Early Childhood

Course content

The purpose of this course is to help Ph.D. students in developing their skills and experience for observing and recording the behavior of young children. The course is designed to offer an opportunity for each student to use observation methods to describe children s behavior by relating to developmental theories. This course focuses on methods including anecdotal records, running records, time samples, event sampling, frequency charts, and portfolios.