Seeing Young Children: A Guide to Observing and Recording Behavior / Edition 6

by Warren R Bentzen

Overview

Seeing Young Children is an extensive guide to observing and recording the behavior of children from birth, through age eight. General guidelines for observing children and how to interpret observations, the implementation of findings, and ongoing evaluation are included. Detailed discussions of nine recording techniques or instruments, and the advantages and disadvantages of each are covered. Observation exercises are found throughout to test skills. Specific by age group, each chapter provides readers with observation objectives, instructions as to procedure, and background information on many functional areas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781418073787
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/09/2008
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	8.15(w) x 9.28(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

Warren Bentzen is a retired Associate Professor from Plattsburgh State University College of New York.

Table of Contents

Preface. Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: An Introduction to Growth and Development. Chapter 3: General Guidelines for Observing Children. Chapter 4: Methods, Behavior, Plans, and Contexts. Chapter 5: An Introduction to Observation and Recording Methods. Chapter 6: Narrative Descriptions. Chapter 7: Time Sampling. Chapter 8: Event Sampling. Chapter 9: Diary Description. Chapter 10: Anecdotal Records. Chapter 11: Frequency Counts or Duration Records. Chapter 12: Checklists and Rating Scales. Chapter 13: Application: Recording Methods in Action. Chapter 14: Interpretation of Observations, Implementation of Findings, and Ongoing Evaluation. Chapter 15: Observing the Newborn: Birth to One Month. Chapter 16: Observing the Infant: One to Twenty-Four Months. Chapter 17: The Young Child: Ages Two through Five. Chapter 18: The School-Age Years: The Six Year Old Child. Chapter 19: The School-Age Years: The Seven and Eight Year Old Child. Appendices. Glossary. References. Annotated Bibliography. Index.

Editorial Reviews

The 6th edition continues to be solid in content regarding using systematic observation to understand and evaluate children s behavior and learning. I consider the included tables as the continued strength of the book. These tables describe milestones in child development in all domains. The tables are not only informative themselves, but they are very appropriate in the Overview part to fit the guide nature of the book. - Wenju Shen Ed.D, Valdosta State University, Georgia


I believe that the 6th edition has new material that will be helpful. When I teach this course for the spring semester 2007, I plan to implement the Florence case studies and the practical exercises. Further, the in-depth discussions on the observation methods are useful for focus point study with students when needed. - Beverlyn Cain, Ed.D, Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina


I really like the way that Bentzen has added more examples of observations within each chapter and how he has made more comparisons across methods in each chapter as well. I also like the addition of Florence s thinking throughout various chapters. - Tisha Bennett Sanders, Ed.D., Vanderbilt University, Tennessee

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