Observation Task 6: Different learning styles and

differentiation
Focus: On a higher-level learner.
Objective: For student teachers to gain an initial understanding of how learners are
different.
Procedure:
1. Ask the teacher to help you choose a higher-level learner in the class.
2. Observe the learners all day and make notes on a schedule (see below).
3. After the observation answer:
• How many different activities did the learner do?
They did 4 activities in the class and do what the teacher say for them,
and they listen to instruction to do all the activities.

• How did s/he interact with the other learners throughout the day?
They help the students if they face some difficulties in the activities
and also they answer together with the other students.

• What was the longest period of time the learner spent focusing on
one activity?
If the students don't understand the questions in the activity they ask
the teacher for helping then they do it this activity between 7 to 10
minutes, and if they do it the activity well and they understand the
questions clearly they do it the activity between 5 to 6 minutes.

• What did the learner do during the break times?

In the break time they immediately take out their phones and start to
play with the phones until the time of the break finish.

• What did the learner’s attention span / interest during activities seem
like?
They always like to help the students and ask the teacher many
questions to make sure they understand well and they like to get the
information and learn from it.

• What did the learner seem to like doing the most / least during the
day?
They ask the other students if they need any help or if they didn’t
understand some questions they can explain for them the difficult
things and help them with any questions.
Observation Task 6: Record sheet - A day in the life of a higher level learner
Follow a learner for a day and write down the activities and movements in the table
below.
Name: Hessa , Mahra Age: 19 years old Level: Foundation level 4
Brief description:
Date of observation: 21/ 6 / 2018

Time Activity / Movement Notes / comments

9: 00 Teacher gives the students a Hessa and Mahra are doing it the worksheet
worksheet about the correctly because they find and search about
vocabulary for the Emsat the words.
exam.

9: 20 Teacher gives the students a Hessa and Mahra are reading and they
reading activity to do it in answer together. When they finish they help
pair's answers the another students to get the answers.
questions.

The teacher prepares for

9: 40 the students a game of the
grammar to do it online.
The teacher gives the
10: 10 students a grammar activity
to do it as a group.
Hessa and Mahra are refusing to do it this
activity online because they didn’t like the
games of the challenging.
The group of Hessa and Mahra are finish the
first because they love grammar and they
answer the questions automatically and also
help the students in the group or another
students in the class if they ask them.

Reflection
The following question may guide your response:

 What was the same or different about the two learners?

 What did you notice that relates to the theories we have been discussing?
 What interested or surprised you?
In my classroom I have foundation level four and I attend with them and observe
them with my MST (Mr. Larry) in the college, and the number of the students in the
class is 23 students and all of them have a goal to pass the EmSAT exam and move to
the bachelor program. In this class they have different level of the students high, low
and middle levels, I focused and observed the high level students and saw what they
do in the class. First of all, when the teacher gave them the works to do they like to
sit in the group with the different level and discuss with them about the activity or
task that they have. When the teacher gave the students the activity he start to read
the steps for the students and gave them the instructions and explain the activity for
the students, then they take only 5 minutes to do this activity when they finished
they asked the teacher to check their work. After that they start to help the other
levels of the students and discuss with them the answers. In the classroom the
students should help each other and work together. According to vygotsky that
when students work in group that they will learn from each other and they will have
good experience to improve their skills. This strategy will help the students to
understand the difficult things through helping each other from the students and the
teacher; also will help them in the future to help the people that they need any help.