Give two advantages and two disadvantages of a developmental checklist
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Advantages—efficient? guides observer in what are the important criteria to look for? if sequential, it could alert observer to lags or guide in curriculum planning for next skill; documents changes in development over time; clear illustration of developmental continuum
Disadvantages—the actual details of the activity or incident are lost with only the criteria recorded; two observers may observe the same behavior and have different opinions about the meaning and criteria rating? dependent on checklist’s match to child’s age and ability and on the criteria being easily understood and observable? may be time-consuming to do all developmental areas on all children in the class in a short time
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