Assessment and Documentation in Early Childhood Review
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Course Introduction
This course explores effective methods for assessing young childrens development, learning, and behavior within early childhood settings. Emphasis is placed on a range of assessment tools and strategies, including observations, portfolios, standardized tests, and family input, to support the holistic understanding of each child. Students will examine the purposes of assessment, ethical considerations, and culturally responsive practices. The course also covers the importance of accurate documentation for communicating with families, planning curriculum, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, ensuring that each child's needs are appropriately supported and advocated for.
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Observing Young Children Transforming Early Learning through Reflective Practice 5th Edition by
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Chapter 1: An Introduction To Observation
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Q1) Who popularized the Ages and Stages maturational approach to child development?
A) Jean Piaget
B) Arnold Gesell
C) Sigmund Freud
D) Jerome Kagan
Answer: B
Q2) What is the term for groupings of similar,related behaviours,skills or attitudes that form a particular pattern?
A) cultural frameworks
B) normal guidelines
C) areas of development
D) rates of development
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following is included in the four guiding principles of Te Wh riki?
A) Domains of development are closely related.
B) Family and community links should be strengthened.
C) Children demonstrate different modes of learning.
D) Children learn better through teacher directed experiences.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Preparing To Observe
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Q1) The definition of observation involves which of the following?
A) a systematic process
B) an appreciative inquiry cycle
C) a planning cycle
D) a structured, prescriptive approach
Answer: A
Q2) According to the text,which of the following questions are to be considered when observing?
A) how, who, when, how much. and what
B) how, what, why, what if, and when
C) how, why, what, who, when, and where
D) how come, why can't, and what if
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following is a component of the observation cycle?
A) only the perspectives of educators as the primary observer
B) wondering, inquiring, observing, listening, interpreting and reflecting
C) construction of theme based plans based on assessment
D) always starting at the questioning stage
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Learning To Document The Activity Of Children
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Q1) Write a definition of internal conditions and provide an example.
Answer: Internal conditions refer to the state or environment within an organism or system. This can include factors such as temperature, pH levels, and hormone levels within the body.
An example of internal conditions is the regulation of body temperature in humans. The body works to maintain a stable internal temperature, typically around 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, through processes such as sweating or shivering in response to external temperature changes. This internal condition is crucial for the proper functioning of bodily processes and overall health.
Q2) What does the term D.O.B.refer to?
A) date of birth
B) definitions of behaviour
C) descriptions of baseline
D) data on behaviour
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Observing And Recording Unanticipated Behaviours
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Q1) Explain how you would use the ABC analysis type of record to determine why transition times during a preschool schedule seem so tense and hectic.
Q2) What kind of stories are learning stories?
A) stories that reflect ABCs and are written by the child
B) stories that could not be included in a reflective journal in schools
C) stories that do not include bookmarks, journal entries, or notes
D) stories that are a method of learning about families, culture, and community
Q3) How can videorecording be used?
A) to replace hard copy information about a child
B) to support our understanding of how a child learns
C) as a model for running records
D) both a and b
Q4) Define the term anecdotal observation.
Q5) Which of the following describes the format of the anecdotal record?
A) located in the format column of the interpretation
B) flexible enough to accommodate most situations
C) complicated and difficult to administer
D) all of the above
Q6) Explain the unique feature of the ABC analysis type of record.
Q7) Why would educators choose to use a combination of alternative methods? Page 6
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Chapter 5: Observing And Recording Targeted Behaviours
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Q1) List two advantages and one disadvantage of both the checklist method and the rating scale method.
Q2) What is the purpose of the chart when using the behaviour tallying and charting method?
Q3) Which type of record can include a graphic representation of observed behaviours?
A) ratings and charts
B) profiles
C) behaviour tallying and charting
D) ABC Analysis
Q4) Explain the differences between the closed methods,which record targeted behaviours,and the open methods,which record unanticipated behaviours.
Q5) How does using any one of the eight methods of documentation address the discussion of frequency versus duration?
Q6) Briefly describe one of the following closed methods used for recording targeted behaviour: (A)rating scales,or (B)participation charts.
Q7) Describe how parents could be included in completing a checklist for their child's portfolio.
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Chapter 6: Informing Pedagogical Practice Through The
Lens Of Reflection
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Q1) Questions of children supported by a responsive educator can create an emerging curriculum through which of the following?
A) authentic and emergent portfolios
B) professional standards and ministry guidelines
C) transformational advocacy
D) variations of the cycle of observation
Q2) How do we ensure portfolios are not used as scrapbooks?
Q3) How does documentation that reflects the community say "we belong"?
Q4) List two things a pedagogical framework should do.
Q5) What is one main difference between standardized assessments and portfolios?
Q6) Which of the following is true of the concept of mutual education?
A) first described by a professor at the University of Mexico
B) profiled in the document, Think, Feel, Act
C) discovered in the writings of John Dewey
D) written by Warash, Curtis, Hursh, and Tucci
Q7) How have e-portfolios influenced the role of the teacher-observer and the process of documentation?
Q9) Briefly describe how the cycle of observation is transformative. Page 9
Q8) Describe two ways e-portfolios have an advantage over traditional paper portfolios?
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Chapter 7: Informing Practice Through The Lens Of Early Identification
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Q1) Why is the subject of health and wellness included in this chapter?
Q2) Which of the following does the cycle of observation refer to?
A) A reflective, transforming process
B) A cycle of curriculum and documentation for one child
C) An observational cycle that includes the child, family and educators but not the community.
D) All of the above
Q3) What is an individualized plan? Given one example.
Q4) What is the role of observation in the early identification of children with special needs?
Q5) What are the components of family-centred services or practices?
Q6) How does the early intervention system work with the cycle of observation?
Q7) How does professional collaboration build community capacity?
Q8) How are the various individualized plans,such as IEP,IPP,ITP,and IFSP,similar yet different?
Q9) Briefly describe an IFSP (Individual Family Support Plan).
Q10) What are some of the variables to consider when making assessment choices? Page 11
Q11) Briefly define family-centredness.
Q12) What is a criterion-referenced assessment tool?
Q13) What is the role of formative evaluation in the cycle of observation?
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Chapter 8: Reflective And Transformative: Observer As Leader
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Q1) Which of the following elements does universal design include?
A) children's interests, abilities, open-ended and close-ended materials
B) pedagogical leadership and stakeholder contributions
C) large and small group experiences, adaptions of learning experiences and spaces
D) (a) and (c)
Q2) Define pedagogical leadership according to Coughlin and Baird.
Q3) Define interprofessional collaboration and explain how it relates to observation.
Q4) Identify three different environmental assessment tools and what they measure.
Q5) What is the role of the mentor in a mentor/mentee relationship in early childhood?
Q6) Identify three technology assisted documentation trends used by early childhood educators and their application to pedagogical documentation.
Q7) Identify the six key elements essential for a high quality child-care program according to the Early Learning and Care Assessment for Quality Improvement measure.
Q8) How does professional collaboration build community capacity?
Q9) Define the term stakeholder and give an example.
Q10) Define a quality early childhood environment.
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