Child development
Students will research a topic related to math or science in early childhood education. Please use an article from any educational journal related to child development. The report should be appropriately two pages (double spaced) in length. Include the following:
- DO NOT use the internet to locate an article. For example, Google
- Link to retrieve your academic journal article https://www.elac.edu/academic-services/library
- Adhere to writing guidelines — 12 font size, two pages, and double space (5 points)
- Summarize what you have read and provide evidence to support your claims. (Remember: a summary is re-telling in our own words the main points of something you have read). Please do not copy the article directly from the source; this is call plagiarizing and is illegal. (10 points)
- Use headings for each section. For example – summary of article, why topic is important?, and how does the topic relates to the class? (5 points)
- Answer the question -Explain why the topic is important. (10 points)
- Answer the question -Discuss how the topic relates to what you are learning in this course (10 points)
The article should be an academic article /journal within the last 5 years. For example – you can retrieve an article published from 2019 -2024. Any article before 2019 is not within the last five years (5 points)
Upload the article and the summary (5 points)
Tips to help summarized a research study. Answer the following questions:
What was studied? What is the hypothesis?
Who was the study done on? (Who are the participants?)
How was the study done? Methods? Procedure?
What was found? What were the results?
What are the implications/limitations of the study? Discussions? Weakness of the study