Observation Tasks 5 and 6: Different learning

styles and
differentiation
Focus: On the learner.
The first week you will observe a lower level learner. The second
week you will observe a higher level learner.
Objective: For student teachers to gain an initial understanding of how learners
are different.

For this observation, you will begin by observing

the class for 1 hour.
1. What do you notice? Does the class have any strengths or weaknesses?
I notice that there are childrens who are high level and low level.
2. Are there learners who finish activities quickly? What do they do when they
have finished?
Yes, the teacher saw them if they did right or wrong, then they put
the things back.
3. Are there learners who do not finish a task(s)? How does the teacher deal
with them?
Yes, she sat with them and tell them few times how to do the
activity.
4. Are there any learners with special needs? How does the teacher meet their
needs?
Yes, she focus on them more than the other, and help them if they
need help.
5. How does the teacher manage learners with different levels/abilities?
She put them in groups, the high level together, medium level
together and low level together.

When you have made your notes, ask the teacher to help
you choose a lower level or a higher level learner in the
class.

Observe one of the learners for the rest of the day and
make notes.

Here is an example:
Time
Activity (what is
the learner
doing?)
9.00
Teacher gives
activity about
how to write
number 8.
9.50
Teacher ask them
about the
national identity.

Notes (what happens during the

activity?)
Mohammed is trying to write but he
is asking the teacher for a help. He
is finding it very difficult.
The childrens answer randomly, and
who answer right the teacher
reward them by drawing on their
faces.

After the observation

1. How many different activities did the learner do?
Three activity for today.
2. How did s/he interact with the other learners throughout the day?
She let them talk and ask them questions.
3. What was the longest period of time the learner spent focusing on one
activity?
She talk the longest time for the lesson, when she give them
number or letter.
4. What did the learner do during the break times?
They play in the playground, but if she cant let them go out she
put for them cartoon.

5. What did the learners attention span / interest during activities seem like?
6. What did the learner seem to like doing the most / least during the day?
They like to play with the clay and coloring.

Observation Task 5: A day in the life of a lower

level learner
Record sheet
Follow a learner for a day and write down the activities and movements in
the table below.

Name: Mohammed
Level:KG1 lower level.

Age:

Brief description: He is a low level, he is quite and dont speak a lot.

Date of observation: 23/ 2 / 2016
Time

Activity /
Movement

Notes / comments

8:20

Matching
format

He could do it probably.

8:40

Connecting
format.

He asks his friend to help him.

8:45

Draw
format.

He asks the teacher to help him because

its difficult.

9:00

Circle time

He answered the question that the

teacher asked him.

9:30

The activity

He couldnt hold the pencil.

9:40

10:10

Break

He asked the teacher to put his paper in

the bag.
He asked his friends to play with him