Running Record Observation Paper

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The purpose of the study is to conduct an observation of children's behaviors in their naturalistic settings using two methods. The two methods of this study is running record global observations and time sampling observations with predetermined codes. For the running records global observation, my partner and I focused on Child A’s overall behaviors while listening to a song. In the time sampling observation with predetermined codes, my partner and I focused on Child A’s behavior to communicate nonverbally with others and he seemed very quiet but was extremely curious about his surroundings.
The benefits of using running records observations is that all of Child A’s significant behaviors and interactions are recorded as they happen and it