Cognitive Development in Young Children

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Be familiar with theories of cognitive development
• Understand basic development of specific cognitive processes
• Understand various methodologies for studying cognitive development
• Develop skills to understand and critique theoretical and empirical work on cognitive development.
• Communicate concepts, methods, criticism to an academic audience
• Understand the applied/policy implications of this literature

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Class Participation	10%
Online Reactions and Questions	15%
Class Presentations	40%
	15%
Final Paper	20%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100	A
90-92	A-
87-89	B+
83-86	B
80-82	B-
77-79	C+
73-76	C
70-72	C-
67-69	D+
63-66	D
60-62	D-
Less than 60	F

Attendance/Participation:

Punctual, consistent attendance is required. Emergencies arise, and it is understood that there may be circumstances that prevent a student from attending a single class session. However, missing two or more classes is a serious problem as in such cases students will have missed a substantial amount of class content. Missing two or more class periods may result in course failure. Any student who is unable to attend class at any point during the semester must contact the professor in advance of the missed class and turn in any work assigned for the session.

Students who miss two classes for University-sanctioned reasons will be required to submit a written make-up assignment, to be submitted via Canvas by the last day of class.

Students with unexcused absences for two or more classes will not receive a grade higher than C for participation.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.