OBSERVATION PAPER INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment, you will observe a child under the age of 10 in a natural setting for 30 minutes to 1 hour, writing down your observations. Note: you may observe your own child.
After making your observations, prepare and submit a paper explaining your observations. The paper must include a title page, a 2-3-page body, and a reference page.
The observations that you make and the vocabulary that you use in this paper must demonstrate your familiarity with the concepts and theories discussed throughout this course. For this assignment you may use first person.
The papermustinclude the following components:
• Title page in proper current APAformat
• Body of the paper which includes the following components:
o A strong introduction which includes your thesis statement.
o A minimum of 3 specific examples of the child's behavior and how each example relates to the course content. (Citations to your textbook in proper current APAformat are required.)
o A paragraph discussing how a Christian worldview relates to the topic of child development related to your observations. This MUST include areflection of Ecclesiastes 3:1 and how this scripture relates to child development.
o A strong conclusion which includes a summary of the main points of your paper.
• Reference list in proper APA formatting