CONTENTS
PREFACE = ⅸ
Chapter 1: GETTING STARTED = 1
Why Records? = 1
There Are Many Kinds of Records = 5
Language as a Tool in Recording = 7
Chapter 2: RECORDING A CHILD'S BEHAVIOR DURING ROUTINES = 11
Organizing the Infor mation = 11
The Meaning of Routines to Young Children = 15
Recording Eating Behavior = 17
Recording Toileting Behavior = 20
Recording Behavior at Resting Time = 22
Recording of Behavior = 24
Generalizing from the Records = 25
Chapter 3: RECORDING A CHILD'S USE OF MATERIALS = 29
The Meaning of Materials to Children = 29
Details to Observe in Recording a Child's Use of Materials = 34
Records of Use of Materials = 36
The Unique Quality of the Child, or How the Child Does What = 38
Records Illustrating Detail = 41
Interpretation or Changing Patterns of Behavior in Relation to Materials: A Summary = 45
Records of Overall Response to Materials = 47
Chapter 4: RECORDING CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR WITH ONE ANOTHER = 49
How Children Learn to Socialize = 49
Do We Really See What Is Going On? = 52
Details to Look for in Observing a Child's Behavior with Other Children = 55
Resum$${\acute e}$$ of Details of a Single Episode = 64
Group Membership = 66
Summary of a Child's Behavior with Other Children = 68
Chapter 5: RECORDING CHILDREN'S BEHAVIOR IN DRAMATIC PLAY = 70
Records of Dramatic Play = 72
Children Take on Roles (Persig Play) = 73
Children Play with Symbolic Objects (Obsing Play) = 78
Assessing the Content (Persig and Obsig) = 80
Social Aspects of Dramatic Play = 81
Summary of a Child's Behavior During Dramatic Play = 85
Chapter 6: THE CHILD'S REALATIONSHIPS WITH ADULTS AND IN ADULT-DIRECTED ACTIVITIES = 87
Recording a Child's Interaction with an Adult = 88
The Child in Teacher-Directed Group Activities = 90
Chapter 7: CLUES TO COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING: STAGE-RELATED STYLE = 97
How Do Children Learn? = 97
Cognitive Style Is Related to Stage of Development = 102
Chapter 8: CLUES TO COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING: INDIVIDUAL STYLE = 112
Idiosyncratic Cognitive Style Reflects Temperament and Culture = 112
How Much Does a Child Know? = 120
Chapter 9: OBSERVING CHILDREN DEVELOP THE POWER TO THINK = 124
Children's Thought Processes That Indicate Intellectual Development = 124
Chapter 10: RECORDING CHILDREN'S DEVELOPING LANGUAGE = 137
To What End Does a Child Use Language? = 138
Technical Aspects of Language Development = 143
Chapter 11: OBSERVING AND RECORDING THE BEHAVIOR OF INFANTS AND FODDLERS = 146
Making Sense of What You See = 146
The Value of Recording = 148
Time = 148
What to Observe = 149
Chapter 12: RECORDING THE BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL PROBLEMS = 178
Physical Functioning and Development = 179
Relationships with People = 182
Affective Models = 183
Cognitive Functioning = 185
Language and Speech = 188
Ego Functioning = 190
General Impression = 192
Chapter 13: PATTERNS-SUMMARY-AND INTERPRETATION = 194
Patterns = 194
Need for a Summary = 195
Adjustment to School = 197
Features of the Final Summary = 197
Interpretation = 200
Final Summary = 202
SUGGESTED READING = 207
INDEX = 209
