Seeing Young Children: A Guide to Observing and Recording Behavior

By Warren R. Bentzen

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1418073784
• ISBN13: 9781418073787
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 9.3"