CAD660 Final

CAD 660

Summer 2021

Final Assignment

Purpose

In this final assignment, you will reflect on and synthesize what you have learned in this class. This is a two-part assignment. In the first part, you will reflect on how your understanding of child development and developmental science has changed over the semester and in the second part, you will reflect on the ways you can apply this knowledge to your work with children and youth. Please use the template provided below and make sure everything is combined into one Word document or pdf.

Points/Percentage Points

The final assignment is worth 100 points (11%) of the total grade.

Due Dates & Late Policy

· This final assignment is due July 2nd at 11:59 pm on iLearn.

· Any assignments submitted after the last day of final exams will not be graded.

Writing guidelines

In order to get full points on this assignment make sure to do the following: 1) Follow the word count; 2) proofread and have someone else proofread it; 3) cite sources in-text, while this is a personal reflection you have learned the information from the class material; 4) include an APA reference list; and 5) be as honest and open and curious as you have been the entire semester!

· These two reflections should be typed, double-spaced, 12-point standard font, with 1-inch margins.

· Writing should be professional and use APA guidelines for citations, grammar and mechanics.

· Please provide an APA reference list for both of your reflections, do your best with videos and websites.

· Here is the APA link for how to cite electronic sources https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_electronic_sources.html

· This one helps for confusion of citations https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa6_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_apa_faqs.html.

· To cite a lecture in text use (Flynn, 2020, Lecture) and on the reference page Flynn, R. (2020). Lecture on Media and Learning. Personal Collection of Rachel Flynn, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. Just make sure to switch this one out for the right content, include multiple entries if you cite multiple lectures.

· Students are expected to do their own work. Please review the university’s guidelines on plagiarism http://conduct.sfsu.edu/plagiarism

Part 1 Reflection

Instructions

Part 1 (50 points): Reflection about what you understood about human development before taking this course and how this has changed throughout the course.

· Review your assignments and forum posts where you discuss an assumption you had about human development and how the weekly content impacted your thinking. You may have used different language to express the idea. For example, “I didn’t know/realize that…”, “I always thought that….”, “I was surprised to learn/find out that….” or “I assumed that…”. You might not have used those exact terms, but this should help you understand how these thoughts might be expressed.

· Compile these statements into the template below. Just paste the sentences with these types of reflections – not the whole assignment!

· Put NA if you do not have a relevant reflection for a certain week. I would not expect that you would have one every week. I have only listed the week’s when there were relevant assignments. You can copy just the sentences that contained these reflections. You also may take a screenshot and paste that in. There is no need to edit these previous writings in any way – just copy and paste into the template.

· You may write new reflection statements if you can’t find anything relevant, but I would encourage you to use your previous assignments and not take this option.

· Then write a 500 word reflection on how your understanding of human development has changed throughout this course. Were any of your previous assumptions changed or challenged? What are the big takeaways you learned? This reflection should follow the above writing guidelines and should include direct APA citations to course content or readings.

Part 1 Template

Week: Topic Assignment to Review	Your Reflection Statements
Theoretical Approaches to Cognition
Neural Bases of Cognition
Brain Science, Social & Environmental Factors
Research Methods & Assessments
Perceptual Development & Implicit Bias
Theory of Mind & Autism
Language & Bilingualism
Executive Functioning
Causal Reasoning & Germs
Media & Learning
Literacy
Mathematics
STEM & Spatial Skills

Reflection: Write a 500 word reflection on how your understanding of human development has changed throughout this course. Were any of your previous assumptions changed or challenged? What are the big takeaways you learned? This reflection should follow the above writing guidelines and should include direct APA citations to course content or readings.

Part 2 Application

Instructions

Part 2 (50 points):

· Please select 2 to 4 of the fifteen topics (see list of topics in the template in Part 1 or on iLearn) we covered this semester that most closely align with your interests and the current or future work you hope to do with children and youth.

· Draw on your discussion posts, application activities, and course content from each of the topics you choose in your reflection.

· Write a 500 word reflection. Introduce the topics you chose then use those topics to guide your reflection on how you will apply what you learned in this class to working with children and youth.

· This reflection should follow the specified writing guidelines and should include direct in-text APA citations to course content or readings.