Naturalistic observation report.

September 30th?, 2010

Observation:

The student always wears a T-shirt with short sleeves to class with no regards to the weather outside. On day one, she wore a white “I believe” Vancouver Olympics t-shirt. On day two, she wore shorts with her t-shirt when it was raining outside. On all three days, the student wore her hair in the same manner, straight down. She is never late upon arrival to class. When she gets to class she would take out her textbook, pencil case and a single pencil or pen and place it in front of her. During short lectures, the student would hold her head in hand. When lectures take over a long period of time, the student would have a written utensil in hand and a blank piece of paper in front of her, and would make less eye contact to the teacher. When a chart is required during certain assignments, she would use a ruler to make a perfectly straight line then placing the ruler back into her pencil case right after. It is the same with her eraser or white out, when not in use she would place it back in her pencil case. When she comes upon something she does not understand during independent work she would hold her head until an idea comes. She would listen to her I pod while working, but she would make sure if I pods are allowed in the class rules first. When working in groups, student would first approach familiar faces to socialize; if not possible then she would approach the unfamiliar faces to socialize. She seems to enjoy talking about her work as a caretaker for a girl with a disability. She would often bring up she will be going to the Justin Bieber concert for free because of her job. There is usually eye contact while talking to her. When class is almost to an end, she would pack up five minutes before class ends, and will be facing the door.

Inferences and Conclusion:

Her appearance of T-shirts, shorts and hair down shows that she likes simplicity, and possibly dislike change. She wore an “I believe” T shirt shows she have Nation pride as well she may happen to like sports because she seem to like to wear gym strip disregarding the weather. While many of her classmates are either late or in class right on the bell, she is early, which displays her punctual personality. She likes everything to be in control and order. Her notebook and pencil are usually placed the same way. It seems she dislikes changes which are displayed through her actions with placing her ruler and eraser back in her pencil case, as well as her usage of her ruler. The student is very interested in class and wants to do well but when lectures get longer she would patience and is eager to begin on assignments. She likes to have plans and only work until she is sure of what she can do, thus she would think of a long period of time before working on some of her assignments. She likes rules and make sure her actions follow them. The student is not shy even though she prefers familiarity over unfamiliar, she is able to share direct eye contact with a stranger which a shy student might not do. She has a lot of pride of her work, such as her job. Her job as a caretaker shows she has the ability to guide and be responsible of another. Her behavior of packing up early before class ends displays she dislikes to be late for her next class. In conclusion, this student seems to have a strong sense of order and likes to be in control of matter, thus she does things one at a time, and multitasking may be difficult for her. She dislikes change and would try to avoid it as much as possible.