Pamela+Spurlock


 * Record of Assignments**
 * Name of Student:** Pamela Spurlock

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** Pre-Adolescence **

** W : What you want to know (curiosities) **

 * Is it possible to negotiate with a child who is having a tantrum, or is all you're doing reinforcing the negative behavior?**

** L : What you learned **
[Directions: First we will formulate RAR prompts for the four categories listed below (physical cognitive, emotional, and social). These prompts should relate back to your three curiosities listed above. Technologically speaking, add widget anchors here for easier reading, then delete instructions in the brackets]
 * 1) Physical
 * 2) Cognitive
 * 3) Emotional
 * 4) Social

** 1. Physical **

 * R (Review):**
 * Around what age do children usually start drawing using the third dimension? (i.e. overlapping objects or converging lines)


 * A (Apply):**
 * Two children, ages seven and ten, are writing for a homework assignment. What differences will normally be present in how the writing looks visually? What differences will be present in the physical way that they write?


 * R (Reflect):**
 * At about what age did your writing start visually improving? Was it a gradual change?

** 2. Cognitive **

 * R (Review):**
 * [insert prompt here]


 * A (Apply):**
 * [insert prompt here]


 * R (Reflect):**
 * [insert prompt here]

** 3. Emotional **

 * R (Review):**
 * [insert prompt here]


 * A (Apply):**
 * [insert prompt here]


 * R (Reflect):**
 * [insert prompt here]

** 4. Social **

 * R (Review):**
 * [insert prompt here]


 * A (Apply):**
 * [insert prompt here]


 * R (Reflect):**
 * [insert prompt here]

** A. Site details: **

 * Name of site: My cousin.
 * Contact person: My aunt.

__** B. Describe your setting **__
My main inquiry question is about how to deal with a child whose behavior is irrational or destructive without giving into them and giving them what they want. For instance, pretend I wanted to give a child a candy bar but they threw a fit and are now demanding it. Is there a good way to calm the child down AND give them the candy bar without reinforcing the negative behavior. My cousin is still throwing fits when she doesn't get her way. She has been banned from multiple different preschools and day care centers because she bites adults when they do not concede. I want to observe her and see if I can come up with a way to reason with her without contributing to the problem and becoming one of the adults in her life who just simply gives her what she wants, no questions asked. I'm almost certain that I will be able to form a constructive option for negotiating with her.

__** C. Describe what you did at the site (free-write/journal formatting) **__
[insert here- minimum of 2 paragraphs]
 * __1st visit:__**

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 * __2nd visit:__**

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 * __3rd visit:__**

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 * __4th visit:__**

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 * __5th visit:__**

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 * __6th visit:__**

** Physical **
[insert here]

** Cognitive **
[insert text]

** Emotional **
[insert text]

** Social **
[insert text]

** Revisiting Your Curiosities **
[Answer your original questions as best as you can, given the course material and your observations. You must make at least 4 references to the text with page numbers.] [insert answer- minimum of 1 paragraph]
 * W : What you want to know (curiosities) **
 * 1. [insert question one]**

[insert answer- minimum of 1 paragraph]
 * 2. [insert question two]**

[insert answer- minimum of 1 paragraph]
 * 3. [insert question three]**

[insert answer here]
 * 4. What new questions emerge for you as a future teacher?**