characteristics of effective learning/observations

[claire & steve]

Hi all
Does anyone have a sheet/form they would be willing to share about characteristics to run along side my observations please thanks x

[bunyip]

I don't use a seperate sheet: 3 lines on my existing observations sheet suffices, and I tick whichever applies (which is nearly always all 3 of them.) I don't do it on every single observation either.

TBH I find it more useful to consider them when I do termly summative assessments than on the formative observations records.

[hectors house]

I don't use a seperate sheet: 3 lines on my existing observations sheet suffices, and I tick whichever applies (which is nearly always all 3 of them.) I don't do it on every single observation either.

TBH I find it more useful to consider them when I do termly summative assessments than on the formative observations records.

I'm still a bit confused on Characteristics of Learning - on training courses they seem to say that children will show more one style than the others but when I have checked back (I do put them on each observation) I have found that children are showing an equal split of all of them - depending on what the task or activity was, not sure if I am being objective enough?

[loocyloo]

I'm still a bit confused on Characteristics of Learning - on training courses they seem to say that children will show more one style than the others but when I have checked back (I do put them on each observation) I have found that children are showing an equal split of all of them - depending on what the task or activity was, not sure if I am being objective enough?

i find that 4 of my 5 EY children show all 3 characteristics, and the other 1 shows 2, and the 3rd is almost there!

[bunyip]

I'm still a bit confused on Characteristics of Learning - on training courses they seem to say that children will show more one style than the others but when I have checked back (I do put them on each observation) I have found that children are showing an equal split of all of them - depending on what the task or activity was, not sure if I am being objective enough?

Don't worry. I'd like to know how exactly we're supposed to evidence that we're correctly assessing the degree to which they demonstrate the different Characteristics of Learning if we're asked by an inspector.

"Well, Mrs. O. - as it happens I connect electrodes to the children's heads and wire them up to my setting's brainwave monitor every time we do a planned activity. If you'll just give me a moment, I'm sure I have last term's read-outs filed in my 'Hello Kitty' ringbinder right here...."