The Empirical Observation Of Stacy Kydd

Kain, Donna, and Elizabeth Wardle. “Activity Theory: An Introduction for the Writing Classroom.” Writing about Writing: A College Reader 2nd edition, edited by Elizabeth Wardle and Doug Downs, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2014, pp. 273-283.

So, for this assignment I stalked (sorry, observed) a girl in my math class. She has blue hair, wears wide glasses and is very unique. (I think she is the only one in the school with blue hair, so you may already know who this is. Oops.) I started observing her on September 3rd, and from day one I got the vibe that she was smart. All the questions Mr. Bonge asked she not only answered, but answered correctly. After a while he even stopped calling on her. Yeah, she was that good. The things he was reviewing weren’t easy either, it was factoring binomials and absolute value. I was lost within the first 5 minutes. But her, no way! She was on top of it. I was impressed. I also noticed that she tapped her finger on the side of her

John does not socialize with his classmates but he will communicate academically with one student. The seating arrangement was modified to allow these two students to sit adjacent to each other. These changes could foster social communication for John.

The shy student can be viewed by others as having inadequate language development, however they are merely inhibited by their social trepidations. Research reveals that children with a shy temperament often rely on others and need assistance to communicate thoughts, ideas, and feelings. These types of students will further develop their social confidence with daily interventions lead by caregivers and teachers as well as peers. The buddy bench allows for students

After rereading Sandra Cisneros’ work I can draw many connections to my own case study, as well as Pigg’s, and Wardle and Downs. Cisneros’ work connects to all of these literary critics because she is working to gain approval. Cisneros is aiming to gain approval from her father by writing her books. This can connect to all of us because we are all writing to gain approval of some sort. it may be from our peers or elders, but no matter what the situation, it can be connected to Brandt's theories. when one goes back to Brandt's idea of sponsorship, one can see how important it is to have a sponsor when looking at these two cases. Raymond had sponsorship from the minute he was old enough to go to school. Being from a wealthy family meant his parents could get him any sponsorship he wanted. The computer he was introduced to helped fuel his sponsorship, and Raymond was able to gain an advantage in life because of the sponsorship from his family. Whereas Dora, on the other hand, had to search for sponsors on her own, because her family simple didn't have the money to give her one. Her lack of sponsorship caused her to drop out of college and become a maid.

Susan Cain, a well known and appreciated writer from America in the field of psychology, recently held a speech on one of the famous TED talks and entirely captured me by trying to give the audience an understanding of introversion.

In her article Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic? author Susan Cain addresses many of the preconceived notions society has against introverted people. Cain argues that society tends to favor the outgoing and extroverted and shames those who prefer to be alone rather than socialize. The author utilizes certain writing strategies as a way to change her audience’s original views surrounding introversion. Cain’s use of comparing and contrasting, specific examples, and strong transitions that bridge various ideas to each other make her argument, that introverts are essential to society, much more persuasive.

It was not until freshman year in college that I realized how problematic my shyness and introversion had become. At Monmouth University, I was fortunate enough to be accepted in the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program along with 39 other students. As a part of this program, I attended a five-week seminar during the summer. Not only was I receiving six credits, but I was also engaging in activities to sharpen my leadership and social skills. After the

I sat next to six females and two males who were all sitting by themselves in the library. I encountered a variety of reactions but saw similarities in most of them. Just as I expected some subjects were on their phones others did not pay much if any attention to my presence but that is not to say that no reactions surprised me. The frequency of different reactions was low all eight subjects checked their phones or used it in some way and all expressed some form of awkwardness by glancing at me instead of making direct eye contact. Six of the eight kept to themselves and never fully acknowledge my presence except when they moved their belongings over closer to themselves after I sat down. There were three reactions that surprised me the most for they went against my initial expectations. After sitting next to a male subject he did what most subjects did, he moved his things and shifted around a bit in his seat but instead of continuing his work or going on his phone he instead got up and left. The two other reactions both came from female subjects at different times. First I went ahead and sat next to the girl and she looked at me and smiled, after a few glances and looking at her phone she began to talk to me and stopped doing her work. A couple of subjects after her also glanced over at me from time to time but they either went back to doing their work or remained on their

35 students involved themselves in the rally. 15 of these students had rated themselves as shy. Eight of those were rated as shy too by their classmates. We therefore had 8 students who we could, almost with conviction, define as shy. This was particularly so since results of the instrument supported this assessment. Special indirect observation was therefore accorded these 8 shy students to see whether or not they lost their personalty, as classical crowd psychology asserted, under influence of the crowd.

“We need to talk about your daughter's performance,” my homeroom teacher, Mrs. Nelson, baldly admitted to my father. “She, no doubt, is a wonderful student,” she beamed at me, yet her smirk did not seem to reach her black, stern eyes, “she has perfect attendance, always has assignments and homework done, never talks unless called on, and just in whole, a polite and good-natured, young lady. But, she is still struggling immensely. As a result, I deem that it would be

Observations for Jose took place on his science and math classrooms respectively. At the beginning of the class, the teacher asked a question to the group, Jose raised his hand to answer. He remained quiet on his desk while teacher explained the lesson in detail to the whole class. During the rest of the class, he remained seated on his desk and participated in the discussion at the proper time. The teacher showed a video to the class and asked some questions, most of the class tried to answer them, but Jose didn’t seem interested as he was with his head down on his arms. Next Day during the math period, students were working in small groups. Jose actively participated in the class discussion. He reviewed his paperwork with his peers and asked a few questions to the teacher’s assistant. Jose followed the teacher commands until the class finished. During the interview process, Jose mentioned that his favorite subjects were reading and science, conversely the subject that gives him most trouble is English because kids in the class laugh at him. Jose thinks that learning is natural for him and he can complete assigned works but doesn’t feel being as smart as the other students. When with his friends, he likes to hang out, play games and soccer. About his other classmates, he stated not getting along with them because they are always pushing or tickling him. Jose reported having no problems with the teachers or at school in general. On weekends, he usually enjoys of playing with

I observed the preschool classroom of Ms. K. Today was a smaller group, as several children are on vacation. This is a new facility and just the host teacher was in there at this time. I came into the classroom at 8:00 and left at 9:00. I spoke with the host teacher before and after the observation for feedback, which I felt was beneficial to both her and me. I observed the children during inside for 20 minutes. I observed the children during outside play for 40 minutes.

In order to complete this assignment I decided to observe one of the students from the elementary group. Her name is Diana. She is 21 years old. Her background is as follows:

 (Fisher, 2007). Social settings and educational settings, professional settings and home settings can all be very different environments and different behaviors can be exhibited in each environment. An individual is most likely to interact differently in a social setting of close friends than they would in a professional setting of