Observation Analysis
Tiffany Davis
MTE 506
October 22, 2012
Holly Brainard

Abstract

In this paper I will reflect on my classroom observation of a high school chemistry teacher’s classroom. I will discuss different educational theories that were employed in the classroom and what theories could have been used to better enhance instruction and learning. I will also discuss the theory of information processing and how it applies to student learning. Also I will compare adolescence student learning in a social environment and social environment. This paper will address delayed languages development affect on teachers and the learning in children and adolescences and also the positive and negative affects on students thinking abilities.

Observation Analysis
Introduction
I observed the classroom of Mrs. Alicia Freeman. Mrs. Freeman is an 11th grade chemistry teacher at Carver High School. She teaches chemistry to six different classes daily. Her classroom is located in a technology classroom but the students gathered in the science laboratory classroom to complete their weekly laboratory assignment.

Which educational theories were employed? The educational theories employed in her classroom are Bandura’s Social Learning Theory and Lev Vygotsky’s Social Development Theory. The Social Learning Theory, also called Observational Learning “occurs when an observer's behavior changes after viewing a behavioral model. An observer's behavior can be affected by the positive or negative consequences called vicarious reinforcement or vicarious punishment - of a model's behavior” (Educational Theories, October 2012). The Social Learning Theory entails three parts, attention, retention, and reproduction. Attention occurs when the child needs to pay attention to the learning. Retention is the child’s ability to store the information and pull it up later.