D094 Ed. Psych. and Dev. of Children and Adolescents Task 1.docx D094 Educational Ps

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D094 Ed. Psych. and Dev. of Children and Adolescents Task 1.docx D094 Educational Psychology and Development of Children and Adolescents Task 1 A1: STUDENT POPULATION: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I wil... l be observing the video Observing and Measuring the Weather video #53. This second-grade class is made up of 20 students ranging in age from 7 to 8. The students come from diverse ethnic backgrounds. “Their first languages include English, Mende, Spanish, and Urdu” (ATLAS, n.d.). Those students who do not use English as their first language receive specific language instruction from English Second Language (ESL) specialist. A few of her students have special needs, one of the students has a hearing impairment, one student is diagnosed with ADHD, and two others struggle with staying focus. A2: DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL The developmental stage the students in the video are in is Piagets concrete operational stage. Children in this stage are elementary age students that need to work with a hands-on approach to learning. In the video, this is evident because the teacher has created a science experiment that puts her entire class into groups. Each group of students is given a measurement tool which could have been a thermometer, windsock, anemometer, or a ruler. Every student began each day with their own measurement tool to measure temperature, wind direction, wind speed, or precipitation accumulation. For several days, this hands-on approach allowed the teacher to engage the students in observing the changes in their weather. Th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

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