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Nov 23, 2024
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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EDUC 308 - Observation and Assessment in Preschool Education
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
This course is designed to focus on observation of young children, including techniques for recording observations and using them to inform instruction and parents. Emphasis is placed on understanding and using different assessment procedures and their purposes and limitations, including ongoing observation, data collection and analysis. Assessment techniques which support children’s development and learning will be highlighted. Adaptations in assessments which are relevant to the children’s backgrounds and values, health appraisal and referral practices as well as types of assessment specified in IEPs will be stressed. Observation, assessment, and reporting are treated as complementary process. Students are required to develop an in-depth case study on a child between the ages of birth and kindergarten.
Prerequisite: EDUC 350
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