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Summary Of Classroom Observation

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Method
Participants
The researcher observed a class of twelve four to five year olds at a preschool in New York. The majority of the children were white and male presenting. However, the gender ratios in each trial varied, since not all children were in attendance every day. Furthermore, not every child in class was observed in each trial, which also caused variability in how many children were observed in a given trial. For instance, in the first trial, the researcher studied three girls and three boys of eleven children. In the second trial, the researcher observed four girls and four boys of ten children. In the third trial, the researcher studied four girls and four boys of nine.
Setting
The researcher visited a New York preschool daycare for a total of approximately four hours between 10:30 AM and 11:30 AM, although only three hours were used to record data. Within this hour, the children rotated between an open choice activity, clean up, group time, and going outside. The preschool itself is a laboratory school; consequently, the children …show more content…

She then returned three times for a total of three hours to conduct her observations. Before observing the class, the researcher used an online generator to create two randomized sequences of numbers; the sequences would be assigned to correspond with binary presented gender: boys and girls. More specifically, upon joining the class of children, the researcher took note of how many male-presenting children and female-presenting children attended class at that time. The researcher then assigned each child a number. Then, alternating between observing male presenting children and female presenting children, the researcher used the randomized sequence to determine what child would be observed. At times, transitions in the classroom or the child’s being picked up from school interrupted this allotted observation

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