Observation Task 5: Different learning styles and

differentiation
Focus: On a lower-level learner
Objective: For student teachers to gain an initial understanding of how learners are different.
Procedure:
1. For this observation, you will begin by observing the class for 1 hour.
What do you notice? Does the class have any strengths or weaknesses?
Yes they have a very smart kids to teach the low graded kids
The weakness that they dont listen very often
Are there learners who finish activities quickly? What do they do when they
have finished?
Maitha is the student that finishes her tasks quickly when she finish she tasks a
story book and starts reading
Are there learners who do not finish a task(s)? How does the teacher deal with
them?
Yes there is juma and saif the teacher will sit with them often to help them finish
their tasks and give them stickes and high fives when they finish
Are there any learners with special needs? How does the teacher meet their
needs?
Yes there is shhab he cant really stand straight she helps hem stand and sit
down but dosent treat him differently to not make hem feel spatial
How does the teacher manage learners with different levels/abilities?
2. When you have made your notes, ask the teacher to help you choose a lower-level
learner in the class.
3. Observe the learners for the rest of the day and make notes on a schedule (see below).
4. After the observation answer:
How many different activities did the learner do?
1 at least a day
How did s/he interact with the other learners throughout the day?
She dosent like to talk with other students
What was the longest period of time the learner spent focusing on one activity?
10-15 mints to finish
What did the learner do during the break times?
She eats alone and just look to other kids
What did the learners attention span / interest during activities seem like?
She likes tto sit alone
What did the learner seem to like doing the most / least during the day?
Here is an example of notes from observation of lower-level child:
Time Activity (what is the Notes (what happens during the activity?)
learner doing?)
9.30 Teacher gives out a Alya is working on the activity but is asking her
reading activity to do in friend for the answers. She is finding it difficult..
groups.
9.50 Teacher plays a game Alya is joining in with her friends and is playing the
with the whole class. game.

Observation Task 5: Record sheet- A day in the life of a lower level learner
Follow a learner for a day and write down the activities and movements in the table below.
Name: maryam Age:4 Level:low graded
Brief description:

Date of observation: .2./ 11.. / 2017..

Time Activity / Movement Notes / comments

8:30 The teacher ask the kids of a Mariam plays with her hands and not
letter listen

8:40 The teacher plays a song for

the classs Maryam refuse to do the moves and stand
still
8:50 The teacher divide them in Maryams heads to the table and refuse to
groups to different activites do anything
and gives them a letter
9:10 The teacher give them another Maryam writes her name in a really bad
activite writing and dosent complete it
The teacher plays a song
9:30 she dosent move
Lunch time She sits with her only friend and starts
10:30 talking really low
The teacher give them a story She sleeps
11:15 to read
11:55 Play ground
Maryam starts playing crazylyy out of class
12:45 The teachers start to ask
questions If she called her she dosent replay