Content
1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………..2
2. Background and setting………………………………………………………...3
3. Cognitive Development………………………………………………………....3-4
4. Language Development…………………………………………………………4-5
5. Personal and Social Development……………………………………………...5-6
6. Mathematic and Thinking skills………………………………………………..6-7
7. Art (Drawing) skills……………………………………………………………...7
8. Physical Development…………………………………………………………...8
9. Advice for child and parents…………………………………………………….8-10
10. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………..10
11. Reference…………………………………………………………………………11
Introduction
Observation is a popular research tool that is used to study the behaviour of children; renowned theorists such as Vygotsky, Piaget, and many more child physiologists have used this tool for their research, allowing them to come up with important insights, resulting in theories that continue to influence psychology and education today. In early childhood education programs, observation has been one of the most preferred means of assessment. Observation has been very effective because it provides and assessment tool that is developmentally-appropriate, particularly for very young learners. Observation provides an unobtrusive method to check for student learning. At their developmental stage, young learners do not respond well to standard written or even examinations. If we force it upon them to obey with requirements will only result in mis-testing and subsequent misdiagnosis (Pahl, 1999), which defeats the purpose of assessment.
In this report, I have employed two observation methods on a 4:1 years old girl within two days. The observations used were distant and participant observation. The observation was conducted to examine her development in the field of cognitive, physical, language, social and personal, logical thinking, and art. With this observation, I was also able to draw some initial inferences about child’s knowledge, skills, feelings and...