Child Development - Vantage Learning Platform

An Active Learning Approach

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Pedagogical Scaffolding
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Student Dashboard
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KEY FEATURES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT, FOURTH EDITION

• New Critical Thinking questions stimulate higher-level learning, including integration and evaluation of topics.
• New and revised True/False questions better challenge students’ misperceptions about development.
• Carefully refined information relating to cultural concepts such as individualism and collectivism reflect the most recent research in this area.
• Call-outs and alerts to material from previous and forthcoming chapters enhance continuity between content.
• Additional tables give students clear summaries of data to help them organize and retain key points detailed in the text.
• Approximately 1,400 new or updated references bring the content up to date.
• An active learning approach that integrates dynamic activities throughout each chapter engages students in personal, real-world applications of research and theory.
• Learning Questions give students specific goals toward mastering the most important material.
• Test Your Knowledge assessments at the beginning of each chapter help students identify and dispel any misconceptions in the field through answering true/false questions.
• Journey of Research pedagogy illuminates how research evolves and shapes new ideas for key topics in child development.
• Check Your Understanding questions at the end of each section allow students to check on their mastery of the material before moving on to the next topic.
• Coverage of cutting-edge topics include children in the natural world; homelessness; trauma and toxic stress; sex trafficking of children; generalist genes; cultural neuroscience; preverbal language perception and brain development; fuzzy trace theory; false belief understanding in very young children; and concussions and other sports injuries.