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Objective vs. Subjectives Observation Evidence<\/h2>\r\nIntentional teachers must learn how to write objective observations. As you observe, it is best to write down all that you see and hear, and report just the facts. It takes practice to learn how to separate facts from opinions. Here are some helpful tips for you to review:\r\n

Objective Observations vs. Subjective Observations<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Objective Observations<\/strong><\/th>\r\nSubjective Observations<\/strong><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n
Objective observations are based on what we observed using our senses, we record exactly what we see, hear, taste, touch, and smell<\/td>\r\nSubjective observations are often influenced by our past events, personal experiences and opinions, and can be biased based on our cultural backgrounds<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Objective information is based on the facts we gather. If we don\u2019t see it, we don\u2019t report it. We report only details and provide vivid descriptions<\/td>\r\nSubjective information is based on our opinions, assumptions, personal beliefs, prejudice feelings or can be based on suspicions, rumors and guesses<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Results are more likely to be valid and reliable from child to child<\/td>\r\nResults are often inconsistent and vary from child to child<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Objective Terms that can be Used: Seems to be; Appears to<\/td>\r\nSubjective Words to Avoid:\r\n\r\nJust; because; but; always, never; can\u2019t; I\r\n\r\nthink; happy, smart, helpful, pretty, angry, shy, likes, loves, hates, sad<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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Objective vs. Subjectives Observation Evidence<\/h2>\n

Intentional teachers must learn how to write objective observations. As you observe, it is best to write down all that you see and hear, and report just the facts. It takes practice to learn how to separate facts from opinions. Here are some helpful tips for you to review:<\/p>\n

Objective Observations vs. Subjective Observations<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Objective Observations<\/strong><\/th>\nSubjective Observations<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Objective observations are based on what we observed using our senses, we record exactly what we see, hear, taste, touch, and smell<\/td>\nSubjective observations are often influenced by our past events, personal experiences and opinions, and can be biased based on our cultural backgrounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Objective information is based on the facts we gather. If we don\u2019t see it, we don\u2019t report it. We report only details and provide vivid descriptions<\/td>\nSubjective information is based on our opinions, assumptions, personal beliefs, prejudice feelings or can be based on suspicions, rumors and guesses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Results are more likely to be valid and reliable from child to child<\/td>\nResults are often inconsistent and vary from child to child<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Objective Terms that can be Used: Seems to be; Appears to<\/td>\nSubjective Words to Avoid:<\/p>\n

Just; because; but; always, never; can\u2019t; I<\/p>\n

think; happy, smart, helpful, pretty, angry, shy, likes, loves, hates, sad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"Evidence","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc-sa"},"chapter-type":[50],"contributor":[],"license":[58],"class_list":["post-33","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless","license-cc-by-nc-sa"],"part":87,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/33\/revisions\/384"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/87"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/33\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/observationandassessment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}