During the observation in Mr. William’s class during a group project, Terrance was on task 46% of the intervals recorded. Terrance’s off–task behavior during 54% of the intervals recorded was due to inappropriate movement, inattention, aggression, being out of seat during the lesson and talking inappropriately during group activity. Terrance’s inappropriate movement included him making noises with material given to him to use for the project including scissors. Terrance’s inattentive behaviors appeared to be him looking around the room. Terrance’s behavior of being out of seat during the group project was to get up to throw papers away and look in his backpack through a pile of papers. Terrance’s aggression and inappropriate vocalization was when another peer and he disagreed so they argued and Terrance throw his book on the ground in the direction of the other student.…show more content… William’s was teaching a lesson. Terrance was on task 37% of the intervals recorded. Terrance’s off- task behavior was recorded at 63% of the intervals observed which included inappropriate movement, inattention, somatization, aggression, out of seat, and talking during the lesson. Terrance’s inappropriate movement and inattention included him fidgeting in his seat instead of taking notes and looking around the room. His aggression was due to him tossing his notes off his desk to the floor, disrupting class. He demonstrated somatization when his head had down instead of taking notes. Terrance was also out of his seat during lecture walking around the room. During the time in which I observed Terrance, he engaged in trying to talk to his neighboring peer instead of listening to directions. At the final intervals of my observation Terrance was doodling on his paper instead of listening to what he was supposed to do
