Observing children in their natural worlds : a methodological primer
- Title
- Observing children in their natural worlds : a methodological primer / Anthony D. Pellegrini.
- Published by
- Mahwah, N.J. : Erlbaum, 1996.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xi, 217 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Summary
- This book is about ways in which to conduct observations. Observational methods are a set of research tools useful in describing and then explaining behaviors and interactions. The methods presented here are drawn from various disciplines: anthropology, psychology, sociology, and education. They can be used to describe people's behavior and interactions in settings as varied as schools, bus queues, and dinner-time conversations. Further, the author draws extensively on the ethological literature that provides thorough and careful methods for observing animals in their natural habitats. Although the author refers to procedures used in various disciplines, his primary focus is on children and adults in school and family settings.
- Subject
- Child psychology > Research > Methodology
- Observation (Psychology)
- Statistics > Methodology
- Child Behavior > psychology
- Psychology, Child > methods
- Data Collection
- Ethnology > methods
- Child psychology > Research > Methodology
- Entwicklungspsychologie
- Kind
- Psychologie
- Verhaltensbeobachtung
- Kinderpsychologie
- Observatiemethoden
- Behavioral assessment of children
- Observation (Educational method)
- Children > Observations
- Enfants > Psychologie
- Observation (psychologie)
- Enfants > Psychologie > Recherche > MeĢthodologie
- Entwicklungspsychologie
- Kind
- Psychologie
- Verhaltensbeobachtung
- Contents
- Why use observational methods? -- Choosing a perspective : insider/outsider -- Design and specifications of observational methods and research -- Initial considerations -- Developing a category system -- Measuring, sampling, and recording behavior -- Reliability and validity -- Units of analysis -- Elementary statistics for use with observational data -- Recording media -- Seeing without looking : indirect data collection techniques -- Using observational methods in educational settings.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and indexes.