Observation Task 5: Different learning styles and

differentiation
Focus: On a lower-level learner
Objective: For student teachers to gain an initial understanding of how learners are different.
Procedure:
1. For this observation, you will begin by observing the class for 1 hour.
• What do you notice? Does the class have any strengths or weaknesses? Yes,
some students understand the topic quickly while the others understand slowly.
• Are there learners who finish activities quickly? What do they do when they
have finished? Yes, they move to the other activity .
• Are there learners who do not finish a task(s)? How does the teacher deal with
them? Yes, the teacher try to encourage them to finish quickly .
• Are there any learners with special needs? How does the teacher meet their
needs? No
• How does the teacher manage learners with different levels/abilities? She
divides the classroom into groups and each group from a different level, and she
gives each group activity for their level.
2. When you have made your notes, ask the teacher to help you choose a lower-level
learner in the class.
3. Observe the learners for the rest of the day and make notes on a schedule (see below).
4. After the observation answer:
• How many different activities did the learner do? 4 activities.
• How did s/he interact with the other learners throughout the day? He is so
friendly kid and he played with everyone in the classroom.
• What was the longest period of time the learner spent focusing on one activity?
3 mins.
• What did the learner do during the break times? He was playing with his friends.
• What did the learner’s attention span/interest during activities seem like? He
likes to draw more during activities.
• What did the learner seem to like doing the most / least during the day? Most
the time he likes to play and he doesn't like the carpet time.
• Here is an example of notes from observation of lower-level child:
Time Activity (what is the Notes (what happens during the activity?)
learner doing?)
9.30 Teacher gives out a Alya is working on the activity but is asking her
reading activity to do in friend for the answers. She is finding it difficult…..
groups.
 9.50 Teacher plays a game Alya is joining in with her friends and is playing the
with the whole class. game.

Observation Task 5: Record sheet- A day in the life of a lower level learner
Follow a learner for a day and write down the activities and movements in the table below.
Name: Mayed Age: 5 years Level:
Brief description:

Date of observation: .29……./ …10….. / ……2018…..

Time Activity / Notes / comments
Movement
7:04 litters and At this time Mayed was trying to write the litters on the board , And he
AM sounds . asking the teacher if he write the numbers on the right way.
Math In this activity Mayed was working with me , and he was trying to write the
7:22 activity numbers and count them . But he was asking me “ teacher how can I write
AM ( 15 – 10 – 14 ) ? .

8:00 The teacher

AM gave them a In this activity he was not focusing on his group, he was focused on
group work. something else.
The first activity was to coloring the jelly because the letter they learned
today is letter J and write the missing numbers. (he was doing well but he
stuck in the numbers ) .
The second activity was making a robot from the cartoon. (Mayed was very
From good at this activity and was working with his friend and he was helping
8:10 The teacher him ) .
AM to gave them
9:10 3 activity . The third activity was about planting (he was planting seeds and he was
AM very happy and he enjoys this activity).
 9:20 Read and When the teacher reads litters, students should write what they hear. (
AM write Mayed was looking at his friends papers and writing what he saw in their
paper ) .

Reflection
The following question may guide your response:

 What have you noticed about learners from this observation? I noticed that the learner
have different way to understand the activities or the topic .
 What did you notice that relates to the theories we have been discussing?
 What interested or surprised you? I am interested in the way of learners in
understanding the topic. The thing that surprised me it that the learners help each other
during the activities.