Student Observation Report

Confidential

The names in this Observation Report have been changed to protect the privacy of the parents and the child.

Student’s Name : Calvin

Sex : Male

Place of Observation : Inside the classroom of County Preschool.

Time of Observation : In the morning, 10.30 a.m. and it was a sunny day.

General View :

• The classroom was pretty well organized ( clean, tidy and many facilities

inside such as books, games, a computer and so on )

• It was a pretty large group in the class, 13 children were there and the

teacher was present as well.

• It was an engaged class, where the students were actively engaged in

learning.

Activities Observed :

• Class discussion

• Individual seat work

Other Information : Calvin does not understand English.

Aspect: Social / Emotional

Observation

The teacher took

something on the back of

the class, and the boy

followed her from behind,

leaving his group.

Comment

According to

Developmental

Milestones by The

Kennedy Krieger

Institute, the moods of

the children this age,

change rapidly and

unpredictably.

Aspect: Motor / Sensory Skill

Observation

The boy run to the

computer corner and he

get the chance to use the

computer, followed by his

peer.

Comment

The Kennedy Krieger

Institute again in its

Developmental

Milestones tells us that

the children between 4-6

years have tons of

energy that they need for

dressing up, riding,

running, etc.

Aspect: Social / Emotional

Observation

The boy accepted the

teacher’s guidance to

operate the computer.

Comment

Wood, Bruner and Ross

tells us that the type of

help that is needed by

the five years old

children is by giving more

demonstration.

Also, according to

Vygotsky, the learning

process should be done

through the guided

instruction.

Aspect:Motor / Sensory Skill

Observation

The boy controlled the

mouse with his hand,

while his eyes focused on

the screen.

Comment

The Kennedy Krieger

Institute tells us that the

children this age has the

ability to handle objects

within the hand is more

adult like.

Aspect: Motor / Sensory Skill

Observation

The boy played with

words spelling game in

the computer.

Comment

Erikson tells us that for

the children this age, it’s

time for play, not for

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...think I

can conclude that his development generally appropriate according to his

age.

The advantages and disadvantages of naturalistic observation as an assessment

tool for studying human development.

The advantages are as follows :

•

It allows the researcher to directly observe the subject in a natural setting.

•

It is easier for research participants to be involved in the research.

The disadvantages are as follows :

•

It can be difficult to determine the exact cause of a behavior and the

experimenter cannot control for outside variables.

•

It can cause demand characteristics in the research participants as they

may behave how they think the researcher wants them to.

How would I use this kind of research in the future?

By making such a research and sharing them with the other professionals and

parents, I hope I can help them understanding pretty accurately what a student

dynamic exist in the class and in turn improves the teacher’s quality instruction

based on the needs of every student. I can also ask more information on how a

student behaves at home from his parent so it can enrich the data needed for the

research.