Question

Sue, a school counselor is observing a student’s behavior in the classroom. She is monitoring how often the student gets out of his seat while working on a class activity. In order to record this behavior, Sue makes a check mark on a tally sheet and counts how many times the student got out of his seat. Which observation recording method is Sue using?(a) Duration recording(b) Time sampling(c) Event recording(d) Self-monitoring

Answer 1

Answer: The right answer is the C) Event recording.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that this type of observation recording method measures or documents the number of times a target or specific behavior occurs—the school counselor is writing down how many times the student gets out of his seat while completing a classroom activity. It involves the use of a tally or check sheet that records how many times the student engages in that behaviour and the time period in which the behavior is being observed.