What is Anecdotal Record What behaviors to observe and record

1. Muhammad Munsif
(M.Phil. education )
University of Education Lahore
munsifsail@gmail.com

2.  An anecdotal record is short objective description
summary of any event or incident writing down after the
event has taken.
 They are brief , objective and focused on specific
outcomes
Anecdotal Record( Based on specific observation)
Anecdote (Short Summary)

3.  It is used to documents unique behaviors and skills of
children.
 They are brief objective and focused on specific
outcomes.
 Informal device used by teacher to record the
behavior of students as observed by him from time to
time.

4.  A students’ verbal comments and actions in various
natural situation reveal certain clue to:
 Attitudes
 Interests
 Appreciation
 Habits
 Social Adjustments Patterns
These are types of behavior which we should focus
when keeping anecdotal records.

5.  It provides information regarding students
development over a period of time.
 The teacher able to understand his/her child
behavior ,personality pattern ,values and attitude in
realistic manner.
 Anecdotal record are important to include in
portfolio.

6.  The purpose of a classroom anecdotal record is to
learn some thing specific about child behaviors.
 Teacher maintain record of a child’s progress day- to
-day basis.

7.  Simple reports of behaviors
 Result of direct observation
 Accurate and specific
 Given context of child’s behavior

8.  Learning outcomes and aspects of development can be
assessed by:
 Observing students(Assessing interactions with other
students)
 Asking their peers about them( Assessing Social
relationship)
 Question them directly (Assessing Expressed interests.

9.  Name: ABC
 Date : 7 June 2020
 Time : 1 PM
 Place : Play Ground
 Situation : Game Period
 Behavior of the student : One of the student got excited and
started misbehaving with other students. He argued with others
and hit on students with stick.
 Other reaction : The body language of the student was
aggressive and he was very rude during the game period. He was
shouting on others and not listening to others voice.

10.  Suggestions:
 All the suggestions and instructions given to the student will
depends on his behavior
 Teacher must focus on him and he/she has to analyze students
problem.
 A counseling is needed for that student by teacher and
counseling process, teacher has explain the good things and
bad things for student.
 Continuous observation needed and the teacher has to increase
and decrease the counseling procedure according to responses
from student.

11.  Social Adjustment
 Reporting
 Outcomes
 Aspect of Personal and social development

12.  Depicts ( Describe) actual behaviors in natural situations.
 Facilitate gathering evidence on events.
 Can be used with very young and with low
communication skills students.
 It can be used for formative feedback.
 They can done without separating self from ongoing
classroom activities.

13.  Quality of record depends on the memory of the persons doing the
observing.
 May miss out on recording specific type of behavior.
 Limited one or two child at a time.
 The amounts of time required.
If teacher written down after few days of events he may not be accurate.
 The difficult being objective.
 Difficulty in obtaining an adequate sample behaviors

14.  All the teacher must record the anecdotal thee
behavior of the student. Good anecdotal record gives
the date , time, place and the actions occurred.