Personally, I find lesson observations extremely helpful. Sometimes, it is hard to remember all of the questions I have for my SA when we are having discussions, but when she is observing me she sees exactly what I need to work on, and we can talk about it after. I look forward to the feedback that I get from my observations.
Since my class is very chatty, most of my feedback revolves around children calling out during lessons, or the class getting too noisy. In regards to students calling out during my lessons (when I am at the front) it is often hard for me to not answer their questions even when they dont put their hand up. I think it is because I have never talked to people who put their hands up when they have a question (in real life), so this is very un natural. Normally if someone has a question, they just ask it. I find however, that I am getting better at telling students that I will not answer their questions unless their hand is up. The feedback that I received to disregard questions when students do not put their hand up was very helpful.
However, I have found that some of the classroom management techniques that my SA uses are not working as well for me as they do for her. I am wondering if different methods just work better for different people, but I am not sure why. Although I highly respect my SA and all the feedback she gives me, there are some things that I think I will do differently. I suppose that my practicum time does not have to be 100% exactly how my SA teaches.