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Art as a Form of Communication and Role Play Art as a Form of Communication Artistic forms of expression such as role play, and drawings can be used with children to elicit their responses. These can serve as tools to gather meaningful data on children's behaviors and thought. Let us study more about these art forms: Role Play Role Play is a method in which different individuals assume a role, playing themselves or another person in a given situation or scenario, based on the objectives. It is a method for exploring the issues involved in complex social situations. Those involved in role-play are expected to "act out" the demands of the particular situation or role. The researcher may observe children playing roles of different characters or their responses to these characters in post-play discussion. Advantages of Role Play It helps to gather different points of view and perspectives of children as displayed through the role play.  • It is useful to elicit responses incl...

Questionnaire • The questionnaire is a tool that uses questioning as a strategy to gather responses. It consists of a set of written questions which calls for responses on the part of individual (s) or the subject (s). ⚫ It is a very concise, preplanned set of questions to elicit information about the feelings, beliefs, experiences, perceptions, or attitudes on a selected topic. The questionnaire may be self- administered, or group administered. Types of Questionnaire The questionnaire may be closed ended and open ended. Let us study about theses as follows: ⚫ Closed ended Questionnaire: It consists of a list of pre-decided questions with forced choices. The respondent is required to choose one of choices from the set of multiple options provided. • Open Ended Questionnaire: It consists of list of pre decided questions where there is a scope to provide descriptive and subjective responses. Advantages of Questionnaire ⚫ Administering questionnaires involves low cost and is less time-con...

Methods of Child Study: Interview: Advantages and Disadvantages Get unlimited access to the best preparation resource for CBSE/Class-10: get questions, notes, tests, video lectures and more [https://www.doorsteptutor.com/Exams/CBSE/Class-10/- for all subjects of CBSE/Class-10. Interview ⚫It is a technique that simply uses direct conversation with children to gather data. One-person (Interviewer) questions the other (Interviewee) on certain issues and then draws conclusions from these conversations. It is a detailed, in-depth conversation that is guided by certain objectives. ⚫ The interview schedule is the list of questions used for interviewing. The face-to-face contact in interviews is useful in repeating, reframing and sometimes probing emotional issues. • The interview can be audio-recorded or noted. Audio-recordings are more accurate and need to be transcribed. Transcription is the procedure of playing back the tape and writing out the responses. The steps in constructing and cond...

  VIDEOS OBSERVING EXERCISES OBSERVING LAB ABOUT OBSERVING ANECDOTAL RECORDS RUNNING RECORDS ABC RECORDS TALLY SAMPLING CHECKLISTS AND RATING SCALES OBJECTIVITY DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE POSITIVE LANGUAGE ANALYSIS DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAINS CHECKLISTS AND RATING SCALES What is a checklist? A checklist is just what it sounds like: a list that educators check off. Using this method is a little bit like going bird watching. Start with a list of items you want to observe and then check off each item when appropriate.    One popular choice for educators is to use developmental checklists to record what they have observed about individual children; these developmental checklists consist of lists of skills from the different developmental domains for a specific age range.   Why use checklists? Checklists are quick and easy to use, so they are popular with educators. They can be used to record observations in virtually any situation, and do not require the educator to spend much time ...

Observation method Different Types Of Observation Methods When observing children, it's important that we use a range of different observation methods from running records, learning stories to photographs and work samples.  Using a variety of different observation methods can assist you in observing a child's interest, skills, abilities, and needs. It provides a foundation for a child's individual assessment and planning. Collecting a series of observations before interpreting and planning will provide a well rounded and holistic picture of the child. Here are some different types of observation methods that can be used to observe a child: Anecdotal Records This observation is usually recorded after the event has occurred and written in past tense. It should focus on what is significant and recorded in sequential order to focus on important details. It may focus on a single area of development or cover a number of developmental areas at once.   When observing using an ane...