Table of Contents
Contents (Tentative)Preface to the Seventh Edition
1. Getting Started Why RecordsKeeping recordsLanguage as a Tool in RecordingImportance of the Environment
2. Recording a Child’s Behavior During Routines Organizing the InformationThe Meaning of Routines to Young ChildrenRecording Eating BehaviorRecording Toileting BehaviorRecording Behavior at Rest TimeRecording Behavior During TransitionsPatterns of Behavior During Routines
3. Recording a Child’s Use of Materials A Note on TechnologyThe Meaning of Materials to Young ChildrenWhat to ObserveRecords of Use of MaterialsHow the Child Does What Records Illustrating DetailInterpratation: the Last DimensionPatterns of Behavior in Use of Materials
4. Recording Children’s Behavior With One Another How Children Learn to SocializeDo We Really See What Is Going On?What to ObservePatterns of Behavior in Children’s Response to Other ChildrenGroup Membership
5. Recording Children’s Behavior in Dramatic Play Capacity for Symbolic RepresentationA Framework for Recording Dramatic PlayFocusing on Dramatic RolesSocial Aspects of Dramatic PlayPatterns of Behavior During Dramatic Play
6. Recording the Child’s Relationships With Adults and in Adult-Directed Activities Teachers Observe ThemselvesRecording a Child’s Interactions With an AdultGaining Information About a Child’s Larger Social WorldRecording a Child in Teacher-Directed Group ActivitiesPatterns of Behavior in Children’s Relationships With Adults
7. Clues to Cognitive Functioning How Do Children Learn?Developmental Approach to Thinking in Early ChildhoodHow Can We Know a Child’s Approach to Thinking?
8. Clues to Cognitive Functioning Temperament of a ChildThe Influence of Culture and Social ExperienceHow Do We Know What Children Are Thinking About and Learning?How Can Children Discover What Children Know?
9. Observing Children Develop the Power to Think Forming GeneralizationsAbility to DifferentiateAbility to Perceive Similarities and DifferencesAbility to Draw AnalogiesAbility to Perceive Cause and EffectTime OrientationAbility to Seriate and ClassifyPerceiving PatternsUnderstanding Spatial Relationships
10. Recording Children’s Developing Language and Emerging Literacy Language and CultureRecording Children’s Use of LanguageObserving SpeechObserving Emergent Literacy
11. Recording Behaviors That Are Disquieting Value of Gathering InformationExamples of Unusual Behavior
12. Observing and Recording the Behaviors of Infants and Toddlers Making Sense of What You SeeThe Value of RecordingThe Influence of Time of DayWhat to Observe
13. Patterns PatternsFeatures of the Final SummaryInterpretationFinal SummaryReferences
Index
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