...Observation The student is considered a novice as an observer of children. The student observes children to gain practice and understanding in child development. Students have an obligation to protect children and respect school personnel. Observers are usually visitors in the classroom. The observer must keep in mind that they are a disruption to the regular processes in the classroom and they should respect the classroom teacher’s direction. The protection of the child’s rights in any type of child study is important. Regardless of the procedure used to collect information, the child’s protection is paramount. The child must not come to any harm (physical or mental) through participation in the observation process. Confidentiality must be utilized at all times. Talking about children and families with others outside of class or with the classroom teacher is prohibited. Please use fictitious names in written reports. Any concerns about a child’s safety should be addressed immediately with the classroom teacher or other responsible party. Observation tells us about children’s behavior – what they are doing. If we want to understand children’s development in school settings then we should observe them in those settings. Observation that takes place in a natural environment is referred to as naturalistic observation. Qualities of a Good Observer: · Recognize personal bias and preconceived assumptions about children. · Stay focus for a long period...
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...This artifact is my a journal included in my observation experience assignment that I completed for Communication Arts I and II, ED 323 and 325, in the fall of 2017. The project was a summary of my observation experience of a first grade classroom I was placed in. I observed and assisted for 50 hours in Ms. Hayes’s first grade classroom at Rossiter Elementary School, Helena, MT. This artifact is housed behind Standard H, Performance 1. 4. How does this artifact demonstrate your competency for this teacher performance? In the fall of 2017, I spent 50 hours in a first grade classroom observing and assisting with language arts, phonics, spelling, math and various other disciplines. During this time I kept a journal entry for each day I obsevered. My journal entry and artifact...
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...that make it very interesting to view. For example, I have observed the above listed painting through conducting a formal analysis of it, and have concluded with the following observations and interpretations of my understandings. The artist has portrayed an image of girls in the midst as if waiting to attend the wedding. Second, the artist reflects within the painting background an image of an artist working on a painting, while a mirrored image on the very back wall depicts what appears to be the King and Queen. These formal qualities used by Diego Velazquez create many illusionistic effects, just as that of the mirror used to attract the viewer’s visibility; rather it also portrays reflections of images that reside outside the view. In addition, the artist here has used three primary focal-points including self-portrait, half-length, and reflected mirrored images. However, the dimensions and depth of the painting have been obscured this has been accomplished through the use of various layers, shapes, colors, and tones that tend to overlap for outstanding effects. The formal qualities of Nighthawks by Edward Hopper are also very interesting yet, much more simple and to the point than that of Las Menias. For example, after observing through formal analysis I have concluded with the following observations of my understandings. In this particular painting the artist has portrayed a café full of people, while within the background stand buildings. The artist has accomplished many...
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...of events, parties, games, experiences. As someone who has decision paralysis, I tend to fall into the trap of not being able to make a decision quickly and sometimes missing the opportunity altogether. It was the long weekend here, and there were 4 different trip options of places to go (Valencia, Seville, Portugal, and San Sabastian). Because there were so many choices and I was unable to limit my own choices, I actually ended up being completely frozen and didn’t go anywhere because I spent SO long deciding that I missed all of the cars. | Analysis | This is a clear observation of my Decision Overload bias. This trap was so severe that it actually prevented me from doing anything. This can be very debilitating, and one needs to not get overwhelmed by decisions through limiting options and not overthinking the results too much. | Title | They all sit together | Story | My parents live in Madrid, and because they are from the United States they have very strong opinions about smoking. Since Spain is heavily polluted with smokers, I have observed that my parents who believe vehemently that smoking is awful, they will befriend locals who tend to be ex-patriots who share this view with them. I have observed in the past week that they do not hang out with many local Spaniards because they do not have the same beliefs about smoking. | Analysis | This is an interesting observation of the Confirmation bias. This is where people have a tendency to find confirming evidence...
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... 54. __C___ __D___ 55. _ C____ __B___ 56. __C____ __D___ __B____ __D_ __A___ ESSAY ANSWER SHEET- Take as much space as you need to answer each question. Provide concise answers in your own words. Do not cut and paste from other sources. 57. Step 1 – Observe all brands of whitening strips and proposed claims made by companies and decide which brand I feel would work best. Step 2 – Propose a hypothesis, stating which brand I feel would work the best. Step 3 – Test the hypothesis with observations. I would use 4 sets of teeth. One set would be my control group. This would not be tested with the whitening strips. The other three sets would be tested, one whitening strip per set. These three sets are my experimental groups. The variable is how white the teeth in each set get over the course of the experiment. Step 4 – Analyze the data. Make observations and record the data using statistics. Step 5 – Form a conclusion based on statistics and explain whether the conclusion matches the hypothesis. 58. a) Solution C is Hypertonic....
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...risk management and quality management programs used to avoid injuries. At Savannah River Site, Safety is a livelihood. The management wants to ensure you leave work in the same health or better. To ensure this one of the programs implemented is the Behavior Based Safety (BBS) observation. BBS allows an employee to observe another employee while he or she performs their job. The BBS observer will look for the correct way to perform the task and the wrong way to perform the task. This observance is to take the evaluation and see if there is a behavior the employee uses to perform a task that is different than what the task requires him or her to do. For example, most people when they walk up stairs take one step at a time, while some may take two. But, at Savannah River Site (SRS), they require you to take one step at a time and to use the handrail to avoid slips trips and falls. So, if a task requires an employee to perform it one way, he or she may perform it another way because it may feel comfortable but may cause injury. So, a BBS observer can catch how one does the task to ensure it is performed correctly without injury and annotate what is done that may cause an injury. This observation does not hurt an employee but is evaluated by management to see if the task required is the easiest and safest way to perform the task compared to the person who was observed. If the person who performed the task is found to be performing the task more suitable to him or her but...
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...and always have in mind that a good management team needs approximately three years to be built. Finally, always question yourself and your place in the company. “Where can I contribute?” is a question you should really think about, even though you’re the creator of the venture. Try to find what the better is for the general good of the company and put our own beliefs aside, even if it means for you to leave the project. Some of these requirements can be related to Louis Agassiz’s teaching method. By teaching his students the importance of a good observation, Agassiz was exercising them to identify and focus on subjects that really matter. They were probably able then to focus on the market fluctuation and to identify unseen markets -and new opportunities- or to anticipate the need of a management team. In fact, he demonstrated his students that observation can be a great ally in forecasting problems and may help them not to fall into common mistakes. We can also find some relationship between these two great characters’ advices in the idea of questioning everything. While Agassiz’s taught his students not to be satisfied with what they saw but to try to discover as much as...
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...Caught your eye yet? : The connection of how spending money comes and its tricky disguises. Ever walked in to a store and saw that huge highlighter colored sign announcing “Big Blowout SALE”? They are pulling you in with things that attract you the most. From posters, human advertising, to the most innocent thing, the Barbie Doll, they are catching your eye and reeling you in and you’re unaware. Many businesses have learned the “Science” of how to arrange items so they may catch your attention. Paco Underhill, a retail anthropologist and an urban geographer, studies shopping behavior and has become valuable guides to store managers who look for the best ways to sell items. I am shocked to know that there are people who watch others for a living. As you approach a store look around and see if there is someone suspicious. Look around to see if you are being watched. Have you ever felt as if you were being watched? That is because they are watching you! Everything you are doing in the store is being observed. Strange is it? Yes but that is someone’s job. What you pick out and how you take in the item is all a part of their plan. Your choices matter in a study that you have no idea about. Your facial expression, happiness, and your disappointment makes a big deal also. The Credit Card Barbie is another marketing disguise. Barbie is, in a way advertising to younger age group. This is catching the eyes of your children and showing the fun and happy side spending...
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...Child Observation Deathra S. Anthony PSYC 221 Liberty University Child Observation For my child observation, I observed a girl 2 year old named Rylee while I was helping to decorate for my sister’s bridal shower. She is the youngest of 4 children. After sitting and observing her for about 45-60 minutes, I was amazed how active she was and how often her desire to do something different changed during this time frame. I watched her as she ran around the run and jumping with the older children try to keep with them. Rylee was trying to imitate what the other children was doing. She was also using her fine motor skills. As she ran around the room I could see her trying to make sudden moves or stops that the older kids were able to make, but when she tried she would fall down. The reason she was not able to move the way the older kids ages from 7-9 were moving is because at age 2 her motor skills are limited and she is not yet able to control her turns, sudden stops and be able use eye- hand coordinate until age 5 (Papalia, Martorell, & Feldman, 2014). Next I observed her language development as she expressed her desire to have a cookie, something to drink and to stop a puppy from chasing her. It was evident that she is competent in syntax which is the fundamental rules for putting sentences together in her language (Papalia, Martorell, & Feldman, 2014). When she wanted a cookie she said, “Mommy cookie”. When she wanted something to drink she said, “Drink Mommy”. Although...
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...that there was once sophisticated civilization on the island. Indeed, further studies found that the island was once lushly forested, supporting a society of 6,000 to 30,000 people. Evidence indicates that "this once-flourishing civilization overused its resources and cut down all its trees, destroying itself in a downward spiral of starvation and conflict. Today, Easter Island stands as a parable and a warning for what can happen when a population consumes too much of the limited resources that support it." Using the scientific method, analyze and prepare a report on the story of Easter Island. In your report, include responses to the following questions: Observation: What were some of the key observations at Easter Island? Hypothesis: What hypothesis was formed as a result of the observations? Results: What were the results and conclusions after applying the scientific method? Do you agree with the assertion that Easter Island holds important lessons for our world today, regarding the use of natural resources? Why or why not? Support your answer with examples. Sustainability Easter Island holds important less for the world today, once all the natural resources were used up, the population decreased. Only one resource was eliminated from the landscape of the Island, yet it led to total destruction of a thriving society. The trees of the Island were cut down which led to soil erosion, no trees...
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...Anthropology 202 Fall 2015 Instructor: Ian Kalman Written Assignment: Ethnographic Observation This assignment is an exercise in ethnographic observation. Students are asked to choose a location in the Montreal area for a field site. There, they will spend at least an hour, taking (hand-written) notes on what they observe. Successful sites are those in which, to some extent, what is considered ‘normal’ differs from the observer’s own sense of normal. In other words, students are asked to go to a place where taken-for-granted knowledge differs from their own and report on their experiences and insights. In doing so, you make something that was previously strange slightly more familiar, and write about it. Students are then asked to write their papers in two parts, including both a description and analysis of their experience (total 1800 words maximum). Analyses should be no more than 400 words. Papers will be assigned a grade based on the success with which they, (1) demonstrate they have chosen a site appropriate for anthropological observation, (2) richly describe what they observed, and (3) draw out and support interesting interpretations rooted in their experience. Assignments count for 30% of the student’s final grade. Unexcused late submissions will be penalized five points per day of lateness. Papers must be submitted in word format electronically before 2:30PM on Tuesday, October 20th. Please note that as this is an electronic submission, you will be...
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...contrasts, comparisons, lists, cause and effect, figures of speech, conjunctions, verbs, pronouns), list as many observations as you can find in Acts 1:8. You may list these by noting what category the item falls under (e.g., "contrasts") and then offering an example of that item. For example, an observation would be to note that the sentence starts off with the conjunction "but," which connects the sentence to the one above it in a contrasting matter. This item could be listed under both "conjunctions" and "contrasts." We will follow the basic instructions for this assignment as given on page 64 of your text. Do not offer an interpretation or an application of the text. At this point I want you to list as many of the 9 items as you can find. How do you think this exercise helps you to understand the text better? What did you discover that you did not already notice about this passage? 2 Utilizing the 9 items a reader should observe in paragraphs (see chapter 4 of Grasping God's Word), list as many of these items as you can observe in Philippians 2:1–4. Offer the items as a list (e.g., you could list the "emotional terms" of the passage including such words as "encouragement" or "comfort"). The goal here is to see how many of the 9 you can find in Philippians 2. We are not interested here in interpretation or application, just observations concerning the details of the paragraph with regards to the 9 items a reader should observe. What details did you...
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...Answer No 1 Introduction of Company Background A local conglomerate with business in producing semi conductor equipment that located in Petaling Jaya, Selangor with total manpower strength of 260 employees. The Company started its operations in June 2010 with strength of 130 employees and thereafter expanding its businesses globally. Due to increasing demands from all corners of the world, a strategic planning is required to ensure proper planning in production and management where a competitive edge is needed in order to keep ahead of its competitors and to stays competitive and innovative. The Management has recently came up with a new business target or goals for 2012 where they are trying to reduce product defect by 50% and at the same time to have a well competent employees in their own areas of work. This will ensure higher profit when defects and wastage can be reduce or eliminated. In view of the above, Human Resources have been given the assignment to identify problems or issues within the organisation and to propose to the Management on the suitable approach or processes in determining for such needs. Hence, Human Resource has proposed to the Management Training Needs Analysis as series of activities conducted to identify problems or other issues in the workplace and to determine whether training is an appropriate response. The needs are usually the first step taken to cause a change. This is mainly because a needs analysis specifically defines the gap...
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...environment. Kohlberg’s theory concerning preschoolers refers to the moral development and the beginning awareness of needs of others (Leifer, 2003, p. 436). He stated that a preschool child believes that rules are absolute, and breaking rules result in punishment. The Five-Year-Old: Nutrition and Piaget’s theory in relation to nutrition • Picky eater; likes finger foods • Food is described by color, shape, and quantity. • Foods tend to be classed as “like” and “don’t like.” • Eating becomes less the center of attention. Physical Development • Height may increase by 2 to 3 inches; slender appearance • They may gain 3 to 6 pounds • Deciduous teeth erupt, and baby teeth start to fall out Language and Thinking...
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...American Intercontinental University The Green Movement Purpose: The purpose of this lab report is to demonstrate how changes in abiotic factor such as changes in precipitation patterns can influence plant populations. Introduction: During this observation I was observe ring the plant species called Kentucky Blue Grass. In this observation I will show how changes in the weather can affect the population of the grass. I will also explain how this may have some effect on Global Warming as well. Hypothesis: My hypothesis of this lab was that if you have more rain the population of the grass will greatly increase. Along with decent to great weather to help the grass grows and become healthy. Methods: There were three different times that I changed the rainy season to last The first experiment the rainy season lasted 150 days for five years, the next season lasted 100 days for five years and the last rainy season as set to last 50 days for five years. Results: My hypothesis was correct to a certain extent. I would think that the cooler the temperature the better the population but it seems that the warner the weather is when the biggest population occur. Discussion/Analysis: During the first observation I changed the rainy season to last 150 days. When the experiment started the temperature outside was 30 degrees and the population of the grass started at 500,000. As the first year went on the population slowly raised but for the most part stayed the same...
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