Purpose: Each week you will choose a topic from a list below (see below). These topics will come from one of our weekly chapters and you will develop a discussion question based on that topic. In addition to creating a question, you will in turn, answer a fellow student’s discussion question in a separate discussion by Sunday. This activity creates a dialogue of the course material and fosters a sense of community in our course.
Skills: The purpose of this assignment is for you to reflect on the material through a virtual classroom discussion.
Components of assignment: You will have THREE components of this assignment. Both (a) and (b) are due every Wednesday, and the final part (c) is due every Sunday. These components MUST be completed to earn a whole 8 points and are as follows:
Here’s How To Get Started!
STEP 1: Part (a), Pick ONE topic from the list below. (1 point)
- CH 15 TOPIC: Read the following article: Teens, Technology, and Mental Health (Links to an external site.) and create a discussion of what we know about cognitive development in adolescence (abstract & logical thinking, etc.).
- CH 16 TOPIC: Read the following article: Social Media and Teens (Links to an external site.) and create a discussion of how this new research relates to what we know about psychosocial development in adolescence (development of self, identity, etc.).
STEP 2: Part (b) Pose a question (3 points)
- Your question must be at a minimum 2-3 sentences and incorporate the chapter. This question may include outside sources. Make sure to cite the chapter and/or outside source. Please make sure you set-up your question and that it is clearly stated (with a clear intention) and written (which includes grammar and punctuation).
DO NOT FORGET TO CITE YOUR ARTICLE!!!!
NOW it’s YOUR TURN to contribute to the discussion
EXAMPLE FROM WEEK 1
1) Make sure to state the topic you chose and then pose your question like the example below:
FOR EXAMPLE (this is my example, please do not copy and paraphrase the example below):
Part (a) TOPIC: Compare/Contrast Current Debates in Development (Nature vs. Nurture; Continuous vs. Discontinuous) (Ch. 1)
Part (b) QUESTION: One of the major debates within child and adolescent development is whether or not development is continuous (and gradual) or discontinuous (abrupt and stage-like across age) (Hauser-Cram et al., 2014). One reason why there may be so much debate may be because of how we measure and discuss development. In Chapter 1, we learn that not only are there an abundance of diverse theories of development but there are just as many different approaches to measuring development (some better than others). Could it be as simple as the diverse approaches to measuring and observing behavior result in diverse outcomes (some gradual, some abrupt)? Could we better answer this debate by comparing more individual experiences? For example, let’s consider language development — would a child’s ability to learn language depend on how often the parent speaks to their child?
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