Seeing Young Children: 5th Edition. This item is unavailable.Seeing Young Children: 5th Edition

Seeing Young Children is an extensive guide to observing and recording behavior in children from birth through age eight. It begins by addressing the basic meaning of observation and why it is so important. This includes a discussion of the theoretical and practical aspects of observing and recording behavior. Detailed information on development, behavior and functioning in children in this age group enables parents and professionals to make meaningful observation, recordings, and evaluations. A large portion of the book concentrates on in-depth reviews of recording techniques and instruments, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each. Finally, the last five chapters offer a wealth of observation exercises readers can immediately put to use. Specific by age group, each of these chapters contains observation objectives, instructions as to procedure, and background information on many functional areas, all aimed at collecting and using quality data to the benefit of children.

"The 6th edition continues to be solid in content regarding using systematic observation to understand and evaluate children's behavior and learning. I consider the included tables as the continued strength of the book. These tables describe milestones in child development in all domains. The tables are not only informative themselves, but they are very appropriate in the Overview part to fit the "guide" nature of the book." - Wenju Shen Ed.D, Valdosta State University, Georgia

"I believe that the 6th edition has new material that will be helpful. When I teach this course for the spring semester 2007, I plan to implement the Florence case studies and the practical exercises. Further, the in-depth discussions on the observation methods are useful for focus point study with students when needed." - Beverlyn Cain, Ed.D, Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina

"I really like the way that Bentzen has added more examples of observations within each chapter and how he has made more comparisons across methods in each chapter as well. I also like the addition of "Florence's thinking" throughout various chapters." - Tisha Bennett Sanders, Ed.D., Vanderbilt University, Tennessee