Practicum 1a

EPC 1401

Course name: Practicum 1a.

Course number: EPC 1401.

Title of the assessment: Observation task.

Name: Afra Hamdan Abdulla Yaqoob Alzaabi.

ID number: H00327007.

Presented to: Ms. Alya Alzaabi.

Submission date day: 12/October/2015- Monday.

Tasks 5-6: Different learning styles and differentiation.

Afra Hamdan Abdulla Yaqoob Alzaabi

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Observation for an hour:

I noticed that all learners were not the same when it comes to receiving
information. Meaning that some learners could take more time and effort
from teacher to get the information, and some could take less.
This class have some weaknesses and strengths as I believe all classes
do. An example of weakness in this class that student are mostly loud,
especially when they want to answer. That will probably affect negatively
on lower level students and special needs students because they
wouldnt have the chance to answer. As for strength point in this class
that they help each other, and they cooperate instead of being selfish
and too competitive.
There are learners in this class who finish faster than the rest of the
class, and what they usually do after they finish is to offer help to a
student who has not finished yet. Like Ive mentioned before they help
each other in general.
There are learners who does not finish on time when they have a
question or a task. In this case, the teacher has two ways to deal with
them. Either to re-explain the task and give more time to let them think
until they finish, or to make a student who has finished the task help one
of them.
In this class there is one student with special needs, she has a condition
of slow understanding. The teacher deals with her by asking her if she
understand or need more explanation after each lesson, also when she
have an exam the teacher read it and explain it to her before she starts
it. And lastly there is a specialist for special needs students only to make
sure that their needs provided.
Ive got an idea about managing different levels in the class from my
observation. Ive noticed that its mostly about balancing time and work
with learners from different levels. The teacher tries to keep the balance
between students who need more time to learn and those who finish
faster. For example, if learners finish before the rest of the class she asks
them to help students who haven't finished yet. And if a lower level
student doesnt understand she re-explain for the whole class not just for
her. So all students are busy and paying attention. However, I think that
the most important thing to manage different levels is to pay enough
attention to each student, so the teacher knows what each learner needs
to develop.

Afra Hamdan Abdulla Yaqoob Alzaabi

H00327007

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Observation task 5
Time

Activity

Notes

9:03

Teacher asked questions

about the previous lesson for
revision.

When her turn came she stood up

quietly without giving any answer.

Students were asked to do a

task in groups.

Al Anood was quiet and she seemed

to not care about doing her task.

Students were asked to

answer the questions in their
practice book, and give the
book to the teacher.

Al Anood tried to do it, but she took

too much time to finish, so one of her
colleagues helped her.

9:15

9:36

English class.
Monday 5th of October 2015.
Second period (from 9:00 to 9:45).
Lower level student observation.
Grade 6.
Afra Hamdan Abdulla Yaqoob Alzaabi
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How many different activities did the

learner do?

One

How did she interact with other learners

throughout the day?

She is a very quiet student, but only

during breaks she interacts more with
her classmates.

What was the longest period of time the

learner spent focusing on one activity?

It was the last activity, she took about 8

minutes to answer the questions in her
book.

What did the learner do during break

time?

Eat and sit with friends.

What did the learners attention interest

during activities seem like?

I dont know because she was very quiet

and she wasnt doing anything other
than sitting and looking around.

What did the learner seem to like doing

the most-least during the day?

The most: sitting with her friends.

The least: when the teacher ask her a
question.

After observation
Al Anood

Afra Hamdan Abdulla Yaqoob Alzaabi

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Observation task 6
Time

Activity

Notes

2:26

Teacher asked to get the

homework out and answer the
questions together.

Meera raised her hand to answer more

than three times.

2:32

Students had to play a game.

Meera led the group and she won.

2:40

Open practice book to finish

the task.

Meera finished it quickly, after that the

teacher asked her to help another
student to finish.

3:05

Meera asked a question about the exam

that they were going to have on the
next week.

English class.
Tuesday 6th of October 2015.
Eighth period (from 2:20 to 3:05).
Higher level student observation.
Grade 6.

Afra Hamdan Abdulla Yaqoob Alzaabi

H00327007

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EPC 1401
How many different activities did the
learner do?

Three

She talks to them and help them when

she is done.

How did she interact with other learners

throughout the day?

Last activity it took her about 7 minutes

to finish.

What was the longest period of time the

learner spent focusing on one activity?

What did the learner do during break

time?

Sit with friends and eat.

What did the learners attention interest

during activities seem like?

Finish tasks fast, helping other students.

What did the learner seem to like doing

the most-least during the day?

The most: break times and sitting with

friends.
The least: having an exam or quize.

After observation
Meera

Afra Hamdan Abdulla Yaqoob Alzaabi

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