FAS 301 – Fall 2012
Dr. Reesing
Writing
Assignment # 3
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450-900 words (total), double-spaced,
1-inch margins, font size 12
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Name your document as follows:
FAS301last name3 and save it as a .doc, .docx or .rtf file (e.g., FAS301Smith3.doc or
FAS301Jones3.docx)
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Put your first and last name at the top
of page 1.
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Number your answers to correspond with
the questions.
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Make sure to write in complete and
clear sentences.
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Writing quality, punctuation, and
spelling will be evaluated as well as the content of your response.
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If you have trouble submitting your assignment, call
the ASU Help Center and email me right away.
Writing Assignment 3 Instructions
Parents have
many opportunities to help promote their child’s physical, cognitive and
social/emotional development. In
addition to the activities and times when parents purposely plan to teach their
child something that will enhance their development, there are also times when
parents spontaneously realize that they are able to enhance their child’s
development. Sometimes this can happen when the parent and child are just
trying to accomplish a necessary task of everyday life (e.g., housework or
errands). And sometimes it occurs when the parent thought an activity would be
beneficial for just one domain of development (e.g., physical development), but
the parent realizes that with a little bit more effort they can enhance
additional domains of their child’s development (e.g., cognitive and
social/emotional).
Sometimes
these are called ‘teachable moments’ and sometimes they can be called playful
learning (if kids think they are playing the whole time). Please watch this
short video to show you one example that discusses how time at the park can be
used to help children’s cognitive development (counting, shapes etc…) in
addition to the obvious physical development that one would usually associate
with time at the park:http://video.about.com/singleparents/Teachable-Moments-at-the-Park.htm
For this
assignment I want you to come up with your own original example that you
would do with your child.
Make sure to
fully address all the following elements in your example:
1. Explain in detail where you and
your child are and what you are doing.
2. How old and in what developmental
stage is your hypothetical child in this example? (You’ve learned about
parenting children in infancy, early childhood, elementary school and early
adolescence now, so feel free to choose any of these developmental stages, but
make sure to make the skills/lessons are appropriate for their age.)
3. Discuss in detail at least 5
skills/lessons that you would teach/practice with your child during this
activity. Remember that I want you to teach/practice skills/lessons that may
not be obvious when you first think about the activity (e.g., the mathematical
skill of counting is not automatically associated with playing at the park).
a) Explain
exactly how you would teach/practice each of these 5 skills/lessons with your
child.
b) Identify
which domain each of these 5 skills/lessons belong to: physical, cognitive, or
social/emotional.
You must include lessons in at least two of
the three domains of development.
(For students unclear about the three domains of
development, please see below for more information.)
In human
development there are three main domains of development: physical development,
cognitive development, and social/emotional development. If you have taken a
life-span human development or child development course you would have learned
about these. (Some courses use slightly different terms for these three main
domains, but the ideas are the same. Please see our optional textbook, Martin
& Fabes, for additional information.)
Here are
definitions and just a few examples to help you with your assignment.
Physical development=involve changes in the individual’s physical nature
and abilities such as changes in gross motor skills (e.g., walking, running,
jumping, throwing, catching), fine motor skills (picking up small objects,
writing, buttoning a shirt) and cardiovascular health.
Cognitive development=involve changes in the individual’s thought,
intelligence, and language such as increased memory skills, imaginary thinking,
learning information, learning the names of objects around them.
Social/emotional development=involve changes in relationships with other people
(e.g., social skills, forming friendships), in emotions and in personality such
as learning proper manners, learning how to share, learning how to respond when
you feel certain emotions.
