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Introduction

School of Education and Cognitive Science

ECE 133 

Child Growth & Development

 

Assignment (60%)

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Academic Writing

This Guide explains the basis on which you will be assessed in this course during the

semester. It contains details of the facilitator-marked assignment.

One element in the assessment strategy of the course is that all students should have the

same information as facilitators about the Assignment. This guide also contains the

marking criteria that facilitators will use in assessing your work.

lease read through the whole guide at the beginning of the course.

a) Plagiarism

i) What is Plagiarism?

Any written assignment !essays" pro#ect" take-home exams" etc$ submitted by a

student must not be deceptive regarding the abilities" knowledge" or amount of 

work contributed by the student. There are many ways that this rule can be

violated. Among them are%

o araphrases% The student paraphrases a closely reasoned argument of anauthor without acknowledging that he or she has done so. !&learly" all our 

knowledge is derived from somewhere" but detailed arguments from

clearly identifiable sources must be acknowledged.$

o Outright plagiarism% 'arge sections of the paper are simply copied from

other sources" and are not acknowledged as (uotations.

o Other sources% often include essays written by other students or sold by

unscrupulous organi)ations. *uoting from such papers is perfectly

legitimate if (uotation marks are used and the source is cited.

o +orks by others% Taking credit deliberately or not deliberately for works

 produced by another without giving proper acknowledgement. +orksincludes photographs" charts" graphs" drawings" statistics" video-clips"

audio-clips" verbal exchanges such as interviews or lectures"

 performances on television and texts printed on the web.

o The student submits the same essay to two or more courses.

  ii) How can I avoid Plagiarism?

o Insert (uotation marks around ,copy and paste clause" phrase" sentence"

 paragraph and  cite the original source

o araphrase clause" phrase" sentence or paragraph in your own words

and cite your source

o Adhere to the AA !American sychological Association$ stylisticformat" whichever applicable" when citing a source and when writing out

the bibliography or reference page

o Attempt to write independently without being overly dependent of 

information from anothers original works

o ducate yourself on what may be considered as common knowledge

!no copyright necessary$" public domain !copyright has expired or not

 protected under copyright law$" or copyright !legally protected$.

b) Documenting Sources

+henever you (uote" paraphrase" summari)e" or otherwise refer to the work of another"

you are re(uired to cite its source parenthetical documentation. Offered here are some of 

the most commonly cited forms of material.

  /irect

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Details about the Assignment (60%)

  0imply having a thinking skill is no assurance that children will

use it. In order for such skills to become part of day-to-day

 behaviour" they must be cultivated in an environment that value

and sustains them. 12ust as childrens musical skills will likely lay

fallow in an environment that doesnt encourage music" learners

thinking skills tend to languish in a culture that doesnt encourage

thinking3 !Tishman" erkins and 2ay" 4556" p.6$

  IndirectAccording to +urman !4577$" the new disease of the 84st  century

will be information anxiety" which has been defined as the ever-

widening gap between what one understands and what one thinks

one should understand.

c) Referencing

  All sources that you cite in your paper should be listed in the Reference section

at the end of your paper. 9eres how you should do your :eference.

  ;rom a 2ournal

/u;our" :. !8<<8$. The learning-centred principal: Educational Leadership, 65!7$. 48-46.

;rom an Online 2ournal

vnine" 0. 2. !8<<4$. The universality of logic% On the connection

 between rationality and logical ability =lectronic version>.

 Mind " 110" ??6-?@.

;rom a +ebpage

 Bational ark 0ervice. !8<<?" ;ebruary 44$. Abraham Lincoln

 Birthplace National Historic Site. :etrieved ;ebruary 4?" 8<<?"

from http%CCwww.nps.govCabliC

;rom a Dook 

 Baisbitt" 2. and Aburdence" E. !4575$. Meatrends !000. 'ondon%

an Dooks.

;rom a &hapter in a Dook 

 Bickerson" :. !457$. +hy teach thinkingF In 2. D. Daron :.2.

0ternberg !ds$" "eachin thin#in s#ills: "heor$ and pr actice. BewHork% +.9. ;reeman and &ompany. 8-?.

  ;rom a rinted Bewspaper 

9olden" 0. !4557" Eay 4@$. ;rank 0inatra dies at 78%

Eatchless stylist of pop. "he Ne% &or# "imes" pp. A4"

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The Assignment consist of TWO PartS:

  art A: (20%) – 7 pages

Observation of a Child

The purpose of this exercise is to develop a profile of a child based on your observations.

4. 0elect a child in your class or any child between -@ years of age.

8. Observe him or her for 6 days.

?. Observation should focus on the following dimensions%

• hysical abilities of the child J :efer to &hapter 8

•0ocial and Eoral competence J :efer to &hapter 6 and 7

• motional state J :efer to &hapter @

• 'anguage abilities J :efer to &hapter

 

. Kse the above chapters as a guide only because you cannot observe everything.

6. Hou decide which aspects of the childs physical" social moral" emotional and

language development characteristics you want to emphasise.

@. Dased on your observations" identify the childs strengths and weaknesses.

. +rite a written repot as follows%

a. Drief description of the child selected J <.6 pages

 b. hysical Aspects and discuss what you observed - 4.6 pagesc. 0ocial Eoral Aspects and discuss what you observed J 4.6 pages

d. motional Aspects and discuss what you observed J 4.6 pages

e. 'anguage Aspects and discuss what you observed J 4.6 pages

f. &onclusion on what you observed about the child J <.6 pages

 Bote% DO O! "#!IO the childs. Hou may give a fictitious name.

• Times :oman ;ont 48 with 4L spacing.

  art B: (40%) – 0!2 pages

Assess"ent of a reoperational and a Con#rete Operational

$hiner

Purpose: The purpose of this exercise is for you to collect data from TWOchildren and to compare the thought processes by recording and interpretingtheir responses to three types of conservations tasks.

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= Read Chapter 3: Cognitive Development – Piaget & Vygotsky and view the Video

clips to help you with this Assignment >

Remember$ Hou are not playing tricks here" or doing magic" or attempting to teach

conservation. Hou are only observing and recording the childs answers to the tasks.

Photograhs$

Get someone to take about 8-? photographs of you conducting the experiment. Includethe photographs in your report.

"ethod$ 

a$ Identify two childrenM one about 6 years age and another about to 7 years of 

age.

 b$ Ksing iagets conservation tasks" administer T9: conservation tasks to each

child" and compare the childrens responses with each other and attempt to

interpret their responses in view of iagets theory.

c$ Hou can use any language during the experiment !nglish" Dahasa Ealaysia"

Eandarin or Tamil$d$ ;ind a (uiet place for the observation and set up your materials.

e) DO NOT SAY, “This is a Test”

&onser'ation !as $ &onser'ation of number tas *see +ideo &lis, 

Eake two sets of 4< identical items with each set having a different colour. The items

could be plastic chips" 6< sen coins !painted with 8 colours$" big buttons" checker and

others.

N lace one row of 4< same-coloured items in front of the child.

- Ask the child to make an identical row with the other set.

- Ask the child if the two rows have the same amount of items or if one rowhas more.

- /o not go on until the rows are identical in number and arrangement and the

child agrees that the two rows are the same.

-  Bow spread one row out and push the other row together so that the display

looks as follows%

  O O O O O O O O O O

 

O O O O O O O O O O O

Ask the child if the rows are the same or if one row has more.

Ask the child why it is the same or why one has more and which one" if either"

has more. =The key word is 1more3>

  If the child says one row has more" ask the child where the more came from.

  :ecord all responses.

&onser'ation !as .$ &onser'ation of li/uid tas *see +ideo &lis,

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our an identical amount of li(uid into two identical glasses !same si)e shape$. nsure

that the colour of each li(uid in each glass is different.

• Ask the child if the two glasses have the same amount" and ad#ust the volume in

each glass until the child agrees the same.

 Bow pour the li(uid from one glass into a taller" thinner clear glass. Ask the child

if the amount of li(uid is the same in both glasses or if one has more. If the child

thinks one has more" ask which one.

9ave the child #ustify the #udgment of the glasses having the same or differentamount 

ormat of the Reort

a) Introduction$ *1 mars,

0hort description of the children used in the study Jprecise age" gender" fathers highest

level of education" mothers highest level of education

b) Describe ho2 each e3eriment 2as conducted$ *1 mars,

0et up" materials used" place" etc.

c) !he /uestion *1 mars,

0tate the (uestion you are seeking to answer !refer to &hapter 4 J 0cientific method of

in(uiry$. .g. 1I wonder if there is a difference in how...............3

d) Data collection *4 mars,

N /escribe what you did

N :ecord the conservation between you and the child

N xample%

o :esearcher% 'Loo# at these ! lasses of %ater and tell me(((((((()o &hild% 'Same amount of %ater)

o :esearcher% 'No%, do the lasses still ha*e the same amount of

%ater(((((((((()

o &hild% '"his one has more %ater)

o :esearcher% '+ill $ou tell me +h$ $ou thin# so)

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N De sure to make note of the reasoning of the child" the 1why3 part of the

childs answer.

N Include a photograph of you and the child for each of the conservation task

during the experiment.

e) Interretation *5 mars,

0ample of (uestions you may use%

• Are there differences between the performances of the younger and older child on thesetasksF +hy do you thinkF

• +hat do you now understand about a childs thought processes that you were unaware of 

 beforeF

• +hat was the child successful atF +hy was the child successful at these behavioursF

 

+hat activities gave the child problemsF +hat frustrated the childF

f) &onclusion and Summar *1 mars,

o Dased on the answers" is your research (uestion answered.

o /oes you study support iagets theory

Re/uirements$

• Hour paper should be between 07. ages 

• Times :oman ;ont 48 with 4L spacing.

• /o not cut and paste-   from the learning materials. Kse your own words and

express your own opinions8

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