Understanding Narrative and Scale Records
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ScribdTranslationsEXAMPLE NARRATIVE RECORD.
The girl runs in through the door in search of her mom, the mother comes out.
he greets her with a hug, leans down, and gives her a kiss on the
cheek, then both sit on the furniture to watch television, after a
The girl gets up and goes to her room while the mother stays.
sitting in front of the television.
This is a clear example of a narrative record, because as we can see
the observer only limits itself to taking note of what happens, presents a language
ordinary, without any prior structuring that directs or articulates the data collection.
In the book by Rocío Fernández Ballesteros, she quotes a phrase from Cone and Foster, where
it tells us some of the disadvantages of this type of record such as the fact that the
observers may use different descriptions for the same behavior, for
example in the quoted paragraph at the beginning another observer could describe "The girl"
I go in and look for her mother, who addressed her; we noticed that this observer omitted.
the word running in its description, which can be categorized or given
distinct meaning of the same events.
On the other hand, this type of record is useful as a preliminary step for when
establish structured codes (categorization).
If we want an example of an anecdotal record using the first one as an example.
paragraph, we can include something that catches the attention of the observer..
The girl runs in through the door looking for her mom, the mother comes out.
he welcomes her with a hug, leans down, and gives her a kiss on the
cheek, then both sit on the furniture to watch television, after a
the girl gets up, and suddenly she throws herself on the floor and begins to make a
throws a tantrum, screams, stomps, and cries for a good while to get attention from the
mother, until the mother gets up, and orders him to go to his room, the
the girl obeys while the mother sits in front of the television.
The girl's tantrum is an unexpected event that draws attention.
observer's attention, it is even possible to provide a more detailed description about
the behavior like the way it was thrown to the ground, some gestures, etc.
In a Continuous Narrative Record, there is a specification of the periods of
observation, duration, and temporal distribution, that is to say, it is about observing the
continuity of behavior, recording most of the events that happen
in a natural way.
SCALE ESTIMATION RECORDS.
An example of this type of Register can be seen in the EYBERG INVENTORY.
BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN FOR PARENTS, in which the possible
children's behaviors on a scale that ranges from: Never, Rarely, A
sometimes, often, and always.
We could take this inventory as an example and make one with behaviors of the
preschool children (3 years old) in the classroom
The child in the classroom?
Never Sometimes Always
Cries for the absence of the mother 1 2 3
Pay attention to the instructions of teacher 1 2 3
Ask the teacher to go to the bathroom. 1 2 3
Share the games with your classmates 1 2 3
With this example, we see that a scale estimation record is based on
a technique to scale specific behaviors can be quantified, we can
to observe that one of the characteristics of these scales is that the observer
meet the subject who values, the descriptions of behavior can be of one type
varied and depend on the reference framework, as well as on the objectives that are
chases.
In the case of the example, the relationship is between 3-year-old students in a classroom and the
teacher of said classroom, in which certain behaviors such as the problem are analyzed
of separation mother-child that some young children have, with which
you can have a first approach to this particular problem, to then
to delve a little deeper.
INTERVAL RECORD
For example, we can use this record in disruptive behaviors such as talking.
In history class, we can take the time that the class takes for him.
example will be 1 hour and divide it into 5 intervals of 12 minutes each, within the
we will take note of the behaviors at each of the intervals of
observation, in this case we can use a time interval sample
complete that starts with the beginning of the class and ends with the end of the class.
It is important to know that any behavior of an individual can be interpreted.
in different ways, which must be considered when choosing the
the recording technique that we are going to use, on the other hand, it is important to be clear
some concepts like unit of analysis, behaviors, interactions, products of
behaviors, etc. which is useful when reviewing related literature on the topic.
