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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Education 182.) Explores the design and use of new tools to think with, including "hands-on" technological tools (software) and "heads-in" theories and values to examine tools suitable for a wide variety of age levels, settings, and topic areas. Prerequisites Permission of instructor. This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester Spring Semester
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A second course in statistics. Methods of exploratory data analysis, general linear model techniques (regression, correlation, and ANOVA), and analysis of categorical data (contingency table analysis). Hands-on work using Excel and SPSS software with real data from the social and behavioral sciences. Will develop skills in interpreting research findings. Prerequisites Introductory statistics course with a social and behavioral science focus. In addition to normal class time, meets for five additional 2-hour computer lab sessions.
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3.00 Credits
Contemporary theory and research on the development of intellectual processes from infancy through adolescence. Compares cognitive-developmental theories and research to psychometric, information-processing, and other approaches. Topics include assessment procedures, theoretical interpretations, research results, and implications for applied work with children. Outside-of-class "metahobby" project required. For graduate students and seniors. Prerequisites For graduate students and seniors. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
Focus on relationship of thought and language, including review of theoretical underpinnings of nativist, constructivist, behaviorist, and sociocultural perspectives. This relationship will be examined in light of selected topics such as development of knowledge, metalinguistic awareness, narrative structure, mathematical knowledge, and others. Seminar format. Prerequisites Permission of Instructor. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences
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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course addresses issues raised by the increasing cultural diversity of children in schools and human-service settings. Focus on the analytic tools and theoretical frameworks for understanding and bridging differences between children's culturally acquired learning styles and the culture of schools or other human-service settings. This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
Literacy development in the young child from psychological, anthropological, and educational perspectives. Development of children's knowledge about the nature and functions of printed language, acquisition of language abilities supporting literacy, description of culturally conditioned beliefs, and behavior patterns related to literacy. Assessment of children's abilities, analysis of home and school settings. Special attention to cultural minority groups.
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3.00 Credits
Human language is examined as a form of communication and compared with animal signal systems. Other topics are phonological, syntactic, and semantic development; language, culture, and thought; language and social class; and language and bilingualism. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester First Summer Semester
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to physiological, particularly neurophysiological, development in children. Topics include development of cerebral lateralization and the relationship between linguistic processes and the acquisition of reading ability. Emphasis on integrating knowledge of physiological development with disorders of learning, e.g., developmental dyslexias and childhood aphasia. Field observations in local hospitals and clinics. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Natural Sciences
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Religion 157.) The nature of spiritual development as understood by various cultures and religions. Studies major works by preeminent philosophers and psychologists in the field, including Cassirer, Kohlberg, Oser, Fowler, Freud, and Erikson. Examines the imagery and thought in aesthetic creations. Provides case studies of individuals and communities as illustrations of different theoretical perspectives. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
Evaluation of what is known about the creative person, process, and product; and the conditions requisite for expression of creative potential, especially extreme potential. Prerequisites Child Development 1 or Psychology 1. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Social Sciences This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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