Academic Catalog

ECE612 OBSERVING, DOCUMENTING AND ASSESSING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Course Code: 4110612
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Early Childhood Education
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The purpose of this course is to help Ph.D. students in developing their skills and experience for observing and recording the behavior of young children. The course is designed to offer an opportunity for each student to use observation methods to describe children s behavior by relating to developmental theories. This course focuses on methods including anecdotal records, running records, time samples, event sampling, frequency charts, and portfolios.