Observation of a 5 ½-year old boy at the school playground Psychology 2103 – Human Growth and Development Summer 2014 Observational Paper INTRODUCTION Wayne is a five and a half year old boy in kindergarten‚ who will turn six in July. He is the youngest child in his class; most of his peers already turned six during the school year. He is about average height for his age and thin‚ with brown hair and eyes. He has a happy temperament and positive disposition; he demonstrates secure
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The value of observation in the assessment of a child is very important because that is how you get to know a child better. While observing how a child interacts with their peers‚ adults‚ and how they behave in different settings‚ you are getting to know the child without speaking to them. It also provides us with information by helping us to determine where a child stands in his or her development. This information can be used to put together activities that can help the child’s progress. It also
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ICT can be beneficial to the world with computers to help students and teachers in their education. It benefits students because it can help them type up work quickly e.g. long essays. It gives them confidence on their vocabulary and if they did a mistake at the beginning when handwritten they don’t have to write up the whole essay again‚ making their presentation of work low rated. It helps the teachers so they don’t have that much of work to do. They benefit from this because they can have more
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THEORIES OF HOW CHILDREN LEARN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION’ ASSESSMENT 03B/4 PART 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 2 MAIN STAGES OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 5 NURTURE‚ OPERANT CONDITIONING AND LEARNING THEORY 9 NATURE/NATIVIST THEORY 13 PIAGET’S COGNITIVE THEORY 16 VYGOTSKY AND BRUNER’S COGNITIVE THEORIES 19 CULTURAL RELATIVITY 24 FACTORS THAT AFFECT LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 25 HOW ADULTS CAN PROMOTE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 28 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE
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objects in mouth • Emotional distress • Smiles at a face (social smiling) • Can respond positively to touch • Laughs • Begins to realize he/she is a separate person from others • Can be comforted by a familiar adult • Recognizes parents • Distinguishes familiar people 6mnths – 1yr • Responds to simple commands • Responds to own name • Says first real word • Sits without support • Crawls • Controls legs/feet • Can stand • Throws objects • Mimics simple actions • Emotional attachment to
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CU1537 – Support Children’s speech‚ language and communication. Understand the importance of speech‚ language and communication for children’s overall development. 1.1 Language: Language is made up of sounds‚ symbols and signs‚ these are used between people to understand and even make a convocation between them. Linguists suggest that there is a series of rules that adults/children have to understand and use‚ once the users master their language skills they can transfer anything they like. Children
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of Play and the Cognitive Development of Children Marlene Joy M. Cepeda Western Governors University Abstract The focus on academic success and high assessment scores has led many educators and administrators to perceive play as an unimportant part of a child’s development. But play does lay a good foundation developmentally for children. Through each different types of play‚ a child develops the necessary skills in order to succeed. When children are given opportunities
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Language and Literacy Development in Preschool Children Long before a child begins to speak‚ he is already communicating with the world around him. From a very young age‚ a baby knows that a cry will draw a parent’s attention and that holding out his arms means “pick me up". And long before a child learns to read and write‚ he has already embarked on the path to literacy. Playing with a book‚ pointing to a sign or scribbling on a piece of paper – all of these are signs of emergent literacy
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Monitoring children and young people’s development consists of Health checks‚ screening tests‚ observations‚ learning journals‚ assessment‚ planning‚ implementation and evaluation. Health checks are used to establish where children are developmentally‚ compared to their peers‚ this is to monitor whether any additional help is needed physically or mentally. For example‚ a parent who is taking their baby for a health check‚ with their Health visitor‚ will be asked a series of questions about their
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and how it can be used in coastal management A sediment cell is a length of coastline in which interruptions to the movement of sand or shingle along the beaches or near shore sea bed do not significantly affect beaches in the adjacent lengths of coastline. In addition to this‚ it can also be referred to a sediment that is moved along the coast by long shore drift appears to form part of a circular cell which leads to it eventually returning up drift. Dredging of offshore shingle banks can therefore
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