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Learner Diversity: Developmental Characteristics, Needs and

ACTIVITY 2
Interests

Use the observation guide and matrices provided for you to document your
observations.

An Observation Guide for the Learners’ Characteristics

Read the following statements carefully. Then write your observation report on the
provided space. Your teacher may also recommend another observation checklist
if a more detailed observation is preferred.

Physical
1. Observe their motor skills how they carry themselves, how they move, walk, run,
go up the stairs, etc.
2. Are gross movements clumsy or deliberate/smooth?
3. How about their motor skills? Writing, drawing, etc.
Social
1. Describe how they interact with teachers and other adults.
2. Note how they also interact with peers. What do they talk about? What are their
concerns?
Emotional
1. Describe the emotional disposition or temperament of the learners. (happy, sad,
easily cries, mood-shifts)
2. How do they express their wants/needs? Can they wait?
3. How do they handle frustrations?
4. Describe their level of confidence as shown in their behavior. Are they self
conscious?
Cognitive
1. Describe their ability to use words to communicate their ideas. Note their
language proficiency.
2. Describe how they figure out things. Do they comprehend easily? Look for
evidence of their thinking skills.
3. Were there opportunities for problem solving? Describe how they showed
problem solving abilities.
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Record the data you gathered about the learners’ characteristics and needs in
this matrix. This will allow you to compare the characteristics and needs for
learners at different levels.

Elementary
Development Indicate age range of
Domain children observed:
10 - 12

*Gross Motor Skills*

-The learners can already water plants.
-They can lift pale of water.
Physical -They can lift their own chair.
-They can clean the room on their own.
*Fine Motor Skills*
-The learners can draw whatever the teacher instructs.
-They can write on the board and also on their papers or notebook.

*Interaction with teachers*

-They interacts with respect.
-Whenever the teacher asks them they answer politely, but sometimes they became rude, but then
the teacher will immediately correct them and then they will be more careful in answering the teacher.
Social *Interaction with classmates/friends*
-Sometimes they comparing their scores with their seatmate.
-But I observed hat they have the best bond.
-Most of the time they talk about sports. They also talk about their family, their lesson of course and
what they want to be in the future.

*Emotional disposition or temperament*

-Most of the time, they are ecstatic especially when they arrived at school in the morning.
Emotional -Sometimes, there is a pupil that will cry because of their peers.
-Sometimes, they are stubborn.
*Emotional Independence*
-They can control their emotions.

*Communication Skills*
-They can share their thoughts and ideas well because they are free to speak in their own
language.
*Thinking Skills*
Cognitive -Some of the learners can’t think properly whenever the teacher ask them about the
lesson, maybe because they are not listening while the teacher is discussing the lesson.
*Problem - Solving Skills*
-There are leaner’s that can easily solve their problems but some cannot.
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Write the most salient developmental characteristics of the learners you observed.
Based on these characteristics think of implications for the teacher.
Implications to the
Salient Characteristics
Level Teaching
Observed
Learning Process

-They are curios about the -The teacher is the one who will
world, they are willing to take mold the learner’s mind. They are the
chances and I know they have the one who will promote willingness so
ability to recover quickly from their that the learners will be motivated to
mistakes. They need to prepare take chances and prepared to
themselves whatever problem comes whatever problems that comes their
in their lives and with that they can way.
identify one. They are motivated to -The teacher will think a strategy
discover answers to the question of in discussing his lesson so that his
their teacher, and they are open to learner’s won’t get bored.
change. -The teacher must
-Sometimes, they get bored continue to impart sufficient and in-
Elementary when they don’t like the topic or they depth knowledge that will definitely
Age range of learners are not interested in the topic that the contribute in her students'
observed 10-12 teacher is discussing. development and
-They are very energetic and progress.
enthusiastic.
They eagerly accept new challenges
and become involved.
-Learners are establishing impulse
control during these age and while
this is happening, there may be many
cases of learners thinking about
something and stating it aloud
without first considering their
audience or who ever listened to it.
And there is a chance that it can hurt
someone, emotionally.
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1. While you were observing the learners, did you recall your own experiences
when you were their age? What similarities or differences do you have with the
learners you observed?
In my grade 6 days,as far as I remember I am capable of reading difficult words but not that very difficult
unlike the learners that I’ve observed because some of them don’t know how pronounce word and when the
teacher ask them to read the word on the screen, their voice became weak. I can also answer whatever the teacher
asks me about our lesson, unlike the learners today that when the teacher asks them, they became mute, maybe
because they are not listening to the discussion of the teacher. I am also able to do an experiments especially in
our science class but in my observation, they’re just looking at the television and just observing the experiments
that is playing on the screen.
In some way, I am just like them. Love to play sports, engaging in the activities inside and outside of the
classroom. And sometimes, when the teacher is discussing, I am also discussing with my classmate that is why
sometimes my teacher scolded me because I am not listening to her.

2. Think of a teacher you cannot forget for positive or negative reasons. How did
she/he help or not help you with your needs (physical, emotional, social, and
cognitive? How did it affect you?
The teacher that I cannot forget is my teacher when I was on my grade 6. She is my role model up until
now. Some people say she is a very strict teacher but I believe she is just teaching us to be strong be more serious
and focus on our study. In terms of physical needs, she always told me to eat healthy foods and do exercise
everyday. In my emotional needs, she always told me to be strong, and don’t be so weak when problems come in
my way because there God on our side. In my social needs, she always told me to be nice to the people who is
also nice to me. She told me also that when I encounter new people that is hard to be friends with, still I need to
be nice and don’t be rude. And lastly, in my cognitive needs, she always told me to think positively. Make a right
decision in life because she believes that what we are today, it affects our future someday.
Those teachings and advises that my teacher told me, really had a big impact in my life today. Being
positive, being strong, having faith with God helps me a lot. That is why I am very happy and I am proud to say
that she is my teacher, me hero.

3. Share your other insights here.

So in teaching strategies, it is one of the important things to know. This will help the students or the
learners to understand the process of learning. Strategies can help pupils to overcome their areas of weakness and
to perform at the level at which they are capable. Strategies also promote flexible thinking and teach learners the
importance of shifting their approaches to different tasks. So for example, as a future educator, I need to support
my learners on reflecting on their thinking and doings. I need to provide authentic tasks involving ill-structured
data to encourage them in reflective thinking during learning activities. I need to provide some explanations to
guide my learners thought processes during explorations.
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Which is your favorite theory of development. How can this guide you as a future
teachers? Clip some readings about this theory and paste them here.

Cognitive learning involves thinking about concepts and ideas, motoric learning involves doing things
and sociocultural learning involves interacting with others.

Lev Vygotsky's theory highlights the role of culture in child's development of cognitive abilities such as
reasoning and communication. According to Vygotsky's theory, in a society adults foster cognitive
development in children by engaging them in meaningful and challenging activities.

As a future teacher, this cognitive theory of Lev Vygotsky is very helpful in teaching my students. It is
given that the learners will learn from me, and also I can learn from them. So when I teach learners, I need to be
more aware of their skills, their capability, and how they react inside and outside of the classroom, and also on
how they interact with their classmates. It will guide me on how will I foster the mind of my learners.

Vygotsky's theory suggests that each stage builds upon the previous ones, and he believed that adults
learn from observing children. He also believed that children learn through play, and that play is a form of
sociocultural learning. His work has become an integral part of contemporary psychology.

To illustrate his point, Vygotsky gave the example of a boy playing with blocks. When the boy plays with
the blocks, he learns how to manipulate objects, and then later uses those skills to build structures. As he
continues to play, he begins to understand the concept of gravity and eventually develops the ability to read
books.
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Evaluate Your Work Task Field Study 1, Episode 2 – Learner Diversity:

Developmental Characteristic, Needs and Interests
Resource Teacher: Mr. Raymond Sealmoy Jr. Teacher’s Signature:________ Date:_______
School: San Joaquin Central Elementary School Grade Level:VI Subject Area: Science

LEARNING EXCELLENT VERY SATISFACTORY NEEDS

EPISODE SATISFACTORY IMPROVEMENT
ACCOMPLISHE All One (1) to two Three (3) Four (4) or more
D observations/ (2) observation observation observation
OBSERVATION task completely questions/ tasks questions/tasks questions/tasks
SHEET answered/ not answered/ not answered/ not answered/
accomplished accomplished accomplished. accomplished.

ANALYSIS All questions Al questions Questions were Four (4) or more

were answered were answered not answered observation
completely; completely; completely; questions were
answers are answers are answers are not not answered;
with depth and clearly connected clearly connected answers not
are thoroughly to theories; to theories; one connected
grounded on grammar and (1)to three (3) to theories; more
theories; spelling are free grammatical/ than four (4)
grammar and from errors. spelling errors. grammatical/
spelling are spelling errors.
free from error
REFLECTION Profound and Clear but lacks Not so clear and Unclear and
clear; depth; supported shallow; shallow rarely
supported by what were somewhat supported by
by what were observed and supported by what were
observed and analyzed. what were observed.
analyzed. observed and
analyzed.
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LEARNING Portfolio is Portfolio is Portfolio is not Portfolio is not

ARTIFACTS reflected on in reflected on in reflected on in reflected
the context of the context of the context of on in the context
the learning the learning the learning of the learning
outcomes; outcomes. outcomes. outcomes; not
Complete, well Complete; well Complete, not complete; not
organized, highly organized, very organized, organized, not
relevant to the relevant to the relevant to the relevant.
learning outcome Learnin outcome. Learning
outcome.
SUBMISSION Submitted before Submitted on the Submitted a day Submitted two
the deadline deadline after the (2) days
deadline or more after the
deadline
COMMENTS: OVER-ALL Rating: (Based
SCORE on
transmutation)

TRANSMUTATION OF SCORE TO GRADE/RATING

SCORE
20 19-18 17 16 15 14 13-12 11 10 9-8 7 - below

GRADE
1.0 1.25 1.5 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.5 2.75 3.00 3.5 5.00

99 96 93 90 87 84 81 78 75 72 71 below

HELEN T. MONTAÑO, Ed. D

Signature of FS Teacher above Printed Name Date