• Course: Assessment & Evaluation
• Term/ Year: Fall 2025
• Credit Hours: 3 
• Meeting Time(s) & Location(s): Online
• Description: Students will develop knowledge and skills in observing and assessing the growth and behavior of children, and the adult roles in supporting children's development. The student will examine the importance of developmentally appropriate practices, DAP, assessment and documentation. Students will learn and apply observation techniques. Students are required to spend additional time outside of class observing children in individual and group settings.
• Prerequisite(s): PSY235
• Corequisite(s): None

• Instructor: Kelley Fritz, M.S.
• Email: fritz@klamathcc.edu (emails and Canvas messages may take up to 48 hours for reply)
• Phone Number: 541.880.2212
• Office Hours & Location: Monday 10:00-12:00, Tuesday 10:00-12:00 & Wednesday 12:00-1:00, or by appointment; Building 6, Room 6126

• Course Materials:

  • Title: Observing Development of the Young Child

  • Author: Beaty

  • Edition: 8th

  • Published Date: 2014

  • ISBN: 9780132867566

  • Publisher: PEARSON

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• Computer Requirements:
  
  • If students do not have access to a computer off-campus, there are many computers on campus (Buildings 3, 5, 6, 8, and LRC) students are welcome to use to participate fully in their courses. Most public libraries also have computers with internet access available.
  • Students will need to have an up-to-date browser and operating system. Students may need some additional software on their computers to take this class. Check the KCC Distance Education webpage for hardware & software requirements.
  • Some of the documents in this course may be available to you in PDF form. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader software on your computer, you can download it by going to http://get.adobe.com/reader/ .

• Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of formal and informal approaches to assessment.

• Observe and record a child’s current level of learning and development to support their needs.

• Plan and prepare for a successful observation in a classroom setting.

• Apply observation data to inform developmentally appropriate practices in the classroom.

• Understand the importance of communicating and collaborating with parents and professionals in supporting a child’s growth and development. 

Points Breakdown:

Grading of assignments may take one to two weeks, depending on the complexity of the assignment and the instructor's workload.  Feedback, when needed, will be posted on the assignment in the Grades link in Canvas.  Not all assignments will receive feedback, so be sure to view those comments from your instructor to better understand your grade and the assignment. 

*** I do not give extra credit assignments to individual students as a way to save their poor grades.  It's imperative to complete all regular assignments throughout the term to earn points! 

Only work submitted by the due date and time will be graded.  Any work submitted late will earn a zero.  Please plan ahead and see what assignments are coming up and how long it may take you to complete the activity.  If extenuating circumstances arise, please send me a message in Canvas or an email before the assignment is due so that we can discuss each unique circumstance.  A message or an email to me does not guarantee late work will be accepted (each circumstance will be evaluated).  My goal is to help you in order for you to be successful so notify me early to discuss issues you may have.  I will be unable to offer you help if you wait until the due date for the assignment has passed.

Students are expected to actively participate in the discussion board each week. Students are required to post an initial response to the discussion board prompt(s) no later than Wednesdays by 11:59pm of the current week’s discussion board. Then each student must respond to the initial postings of at least two classmates by Friday at 11:59pm.

If a student fails to participate appropriately, the following actions may be taken:

1. The student will be dropped from the course,
   OR
2. If the date for dropping a course without penalty has passed, the student will receive a failing grade, unless prior arrangements have been made between the instructor and student.

A student who seeks an exception to this policy must do so in advance of the absence and/or provide documentation of the emergency that caused it, as determined by the instructor.

• Generative AI tools can be used to streamline formatting, to create templates, to brainstorm, to outline, and to check/edit for grammar and spelling in written assignments.
• Do not outsource your thinking, imagining, or creating to generative AI tools. This includes, summarizing or responding to texts, generating discussion questions, compiling sources, and drafting sentences, essays, and reflections. Our class community will benefit from your thoughts, your words, and your voice—not Gemini’s.
• Document and cite your use of AI.