Child Observation Essay -- Child Development Project

Leroy is a 2nd grade African American student at Martin Luther King Elementary School. He is 8 years old and lives with his mother and two older brothers. His favorite shoal subject is math. He likes to play video games and basketball, especially when he is contend with his friends. Leroys favorite holiday is Christmas, for he gets to visit his grandma and screw all the delicious foods that his mom and grandma cook. When asked where would he go if he can go anywhere, he responded with Skate Park. He likes to skate around the park with his brothers. Leroy wishes to be like his older brother when he grows up.Leroy is a competitive student even among his friends. He likes to read at the said(prenominal) table as his friends or in the same room with them. When his friends are present, Leroy is more cooperative. He follows instructions, and he puts more effort into his readings. He wants to practice better than his friends however, once he begins to struggle, Leroy loses hi s motivation to succeed in the task. consort to Svinicki (2005), Leroys behavior and attitudes portray a student with a public presentation goal. To be more specific, a student with a performance nestle goal, for Leroys main interest is to appear competent. The main reasons for the effort he puts in are to surpass his peers in order to receive actualisation and attention.After determining Leroys goal orientation, my goal was to encourage him to evoke from performance approach goal to achievement goal. I believe teddy Leroys goal orientation will benefit Leroy in many ways. He will be intrinsically motivated to read, which will amplification his engagement in the reading games that we perform together. When he is engaged in learning the contents for himself, h... ...uring challenging tasks. In order to encourage Leroy to faux pas his goal orientation from performance approach goal to victory goal, a variety of supports may need to be provided. Leroy needs to learn in an e nvironment that minimizes competition and supports failures as learning opportunities. He needs to spectator his accomplishments and recognizes that it is his effort and not ability or inability that resulted in his success. It may take some time for Leroy to shift his goal orientation from a performance approach to an achievement goal, but I believe with the powerful support and encouragement, Leroy will be able to develop a mastery goal.Works CitedDweck, C.S. (2007). The perils and promises of praise. Educational Leadership, 65(2), 34-39.Svinicki, M. (2005, February). Student goal orientation, motivation, and learning. desire paper 41, Idea Center.