ECE240 — Observ & Assess Young Children 3 Hours
This course focuses on authentic alternative classroom-based assessment on young children and how to appropriately use standardized test information. The course will further provide the student with the knowledge and skills to interpret and use the information gained to plan curriculum that is responsive to and supportive of childrens learning and development. Students will have the opportunity to engage in assessment processes through means of classroom observations providing each student with a stronger understanding of child development skills. Students learn about and explore a variety of age individually linguistically and culturally appropriate formal and informal assessments to gather and share information on each childs skills abilities interests and needs birth through age 8. This class requires a 20 hour observation clinical component. ELA Placement: No ELA Requirement Prerequisite: None Semester Hour(s): 3 hour(s) Lecture / Lab Hours: 3 lec/week