Assignment: Effective
Selection and Planning for Assessment
Research Paper: How to Assess Play
As an early childhood
educator, there is no doubt that you know the importance of play! You can
access the NAEYC website and find multiple articles on how play is imperative
to development and learning. You have only to do a library search to see the
number of articles dedicated to play and the connection of play to cognitive,
physical, social, and language development (to name only a few areas).
As with the previous
assignment, you will examine how to select an assessment for a specific
purpose. Focusing on upcoming observations, you will use the information from
your research on play for this assignment to determine what developmental area
or emerging content you will be looking for during the upcoming observations.
While the observations are at two different levels, this assignment will focus
on only one. As you research, look ahead to the observations. More information
can be found in Looking Ahead, Module 1 and Week 5 Assignment 1 directions.
Note: If you have not done
so already, you may wish to view the Required Media, How to Observe Children,
from the Module 1 Learning Resources.
To prepare:
·
Read
and reflect on the Dalton and
Brand (2012), Kelly-Vance and Ryalls (2015), O’Grady and Dusing (2015), and
Singer (2013) articles, along with the recommended readings and NBPTS Early
Childhood Generalist Standards.
·
Consider your upcoming
observations and begin research on assessments used for observing young
children at play (see Looking Ahead in Module 1). Begin to search for
assessments for the observations.
Write a paper in which
you do the following:
·
Select
and clearly identify a specific age
group (toddlers, preschool, or kindergarten) that will be discussed in this
paper. This group should be different than the one selected for the discussion
in Module 2 and the upcoming Module 3.
·
Complete an independent research on the benefits of
play and how to assess play.
·
Summarize these for the group selected.
·
Discuss developmentally appropriate practices
related to assessment of play for the selected group.
·
What are the assessments
looking for, in terms of development and/or learning? Explain how
this information could be used to promote development and guide teaching and
learning for the group selected. How would this information be shared with
families and other professionals?
·
Use independent research (a minimum of four
resources), along with required readings, to support your statements.
This paper should
contain appropriate assessments and rationales for the age levels identified;
examples of data and how to use to support and guide instruction; and
instructions and precautions for observations, in particular how to avoid
assumptions. Describe in-depth how the assessment supports instruction. Make
sure to address culturally responsive practice.
Note: Cite your research
and provide appropriate references in APA format to substantiate your thinking.
The
Assignment length is 2-3 pages, not including title page and reference page.
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