Description
This course provides an overview of observations and assessment strategies used for children birth through age eight. Informal and formal assessments to document development, growth, play, and learning will be explored. Teacher candidates will review, use, and interpret observation and assessment data and explore how it informs teaching practice and curriculum planning. A fifteen hour field experience will be required where students will administer and score observations and assessments in an early childhood classroom. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Educ 206 Introduction to Early Childhood Education.
Offered: Spring