Lifespan Growth & Development Syllabus for 2020-2021
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Dr. Alan Kee

Professor of Psychology

Amarillo College

 

Lifespan Growth & Development Psychology (Tech Supported Zoom Hybrid)

Course Schedule / Assignments

Fall II, 2020

T/Th 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

10/26/2020 - 12/18/2020

 

Why Take a Course in Lifespan Growth & Development Psychology?

Developmental psychology courses are often required for many college majors including those going into psychology, education, and nursing. Why are such classes so important? Whether you want to take just one course or devote your entire education to studying the topic, there are plenty of great reasons to learn more about human development.

If you are majoring in psychology, education, or a medical field, some background knowledge of how people grow and change throughout life is essential. However, understanding how humans develop throughout the lifespan can be helpful for anyone. Here are five reasons you should consider studying human development.

1. Studying Human Development Helps You Better Understand Yourself

We were all kids once, so learning more about how children develop and grow can provide additional insight into how you have become the person you are. Studying human development can also help you learn more about your future. By understanding the aging process, you'll be better prepared when you face issues associated with growing older.

2. Studying Human Development Helps You Learn More About Your Children

Whether you are a parent now or are planning to become one in the future, studying human development can teach you a great deal about your children. In addition to learning things that can help make you a better parent, you can gain greater insight into how your children behave, think, learn, and feel. Development is a complex process, so learning more about how kids grow physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively can lead to a deeper understanding of kids of all ages.

3. You'll Better Understand How to Interact With Kids

If you plan on having children or working with them at some point, studying human development can greatly improve your ability to interact with kids. Once you better understand the stages of development and what makes kids tick, you will feel more comfortable talking, playing, and working with them.

4. You'll Gain a Greater Appreciation of Development Throughout Life

When we think of human development, it's easy to think of it as a process that is largely complete once we hit early adulthood. It is important to realize, however, that development is an ongoing process that continues all throughout life.

As you enter adulthood, navigate middle age, and face the onset of old age, having a greater understanding of how people continue to grow and change as they get older can help you appreciate and manage all the stages of your life.

5. Studying Human Development Helps You Understand What's Normal, and What's Not

Another important reason to study development is that you can gain a greater understanding of what's normal. While every person is a little bit different, human development tends to follow a remarkably predictable pattern. Once you have studied development, you'll know what's typical at certain ages and stages.

Perhaps most importantly, studying human development makes it easier to spot possible signs of trouble. From problems with physical or cognitive development in early childhood to emotional struggles later in life, being able to identify potential problems is important. The earlier developmental problems are detected, the sooner intervention can begin. No matter what the situation, early detection, and treatment can lead to better outcomes.

Critical Information on How To Use Email in This Course!

In order to receive email from the instructor you must use your AC Connect Google Email account.  If you do not activate and use your AC Connect Google Email account, you will be lost in this course because you will not be able to receive email from your instructor. 

There is one way to email your instructor.  You must use your AC Connect Google Email account, and you will have to construct your email from within the course you are taking.  Go to the top left hand corner of the home page of the course and click “Send Email” to construct your e-mail from within the course.  Next, you will click on “All Instructor Users,” and make sure your email is being sent to Jeffery Kee (your instructor for this course). 

Also, students are responsible for accessing e-mail messages sent to their AC Connect Google Email account; thus, students are responsible to check their AC Connect Google Email account on a daily basis.  The instructor will only respond to e-mails sent from the student’s AC Connect Google Email account.  These e-mails must identify the applicable class in the subject line; this information is automatically included in messages sent from within the course when you use your AC Connect Google Email account.  

If you do not follow these instructions, you email is at risk of getting lost.  I teach six courses per semester, and I have to create folders in my Outlook e-mail for each class.  If you follow these instructions, your email will automatically go into the proper folder for your course, and I will then be able to respond to you in a timely manner. 

You will need to learn how to use email in this course by viewing two tutorial videos on how to access email as a student in the portal and on how to send email from Blackboard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Bb857-WJX9w

http://screencast.com/t/0jlcsuLrdj

Unit One 

Unit One consists of Assignments 1 through 3 and Exam 1. These Assignments are to be completed between October 27 and November 10.     

Tuesday 10/27

Orientation to the course

Summary of Chapter 1 - Introduction

Thursday 10/29

Assignment One

The Study of Human Development

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Theories of Development

Film on Lifespan Development followed by in-class discussion.

Reflection on Your Life:

In this assignment, as a way to stimulate interest in the topic of human develop your goal is to identify and write about five past events that have had an impact on your life. In your paper, provide your age at which each event occurred and provide a brief description of what happened. Then, you are to hypothesize and write about five future events that you believe will significantly affect your development. It will be interesting for you to reflect on these events as you proceed through the course, learning more detail about human development across the lifespan. You do not turn this assignment in for a grade. The goal is to prompt you to reflect more deeply on your own lifespan. 

Ch 1 and Ch 2 Study Guide:

Open the study guide by going to Lessons and then click on “Study and Lecture Guide.”  Save the Study Guide on your computer (and thumb drive!). Then, have your electronic copy of your study guide open while you read and highlight the chapter.  As you read, underline, and highlight the chapter, fill in the missing information in your study guide.  The study guide is an abbreviated outline of the chapter. Primary concepts in the study guide will not make sense to you unless you read the text and add this material to the final version of the study guide.

The goal here is not to retype the entire textbook. The goal is to make the study guide understandable to you by adding more information to fill in the missing information.  You want to make all of the primary concepts in the chapter understandable to you. Then, you can use this more complete study guide to study for exams.  The study guide for each chapter is found under Lessons (click on “Study and Lecture Guide”).  You do not turn in this completed study guide to your instructor.

Note: Ch 1 study guide is a detailed (“filled in”) version of an outline for Ch 1; this detailed study guide is to be used as a model. 

Tuesday 11/3

Assignment Two

Beginnings / Birth and Infancy

Chapter 4 - Birth and Physical Development: The First Two Years

Ch 4 Study Guide:

Open the study guide by going to Lessons and then click on “Study and Lecture Guide.”  Save the Study Guide on your computer (and thumb drive!). Then, have your electronic copy of your study guide open while you read and highlight the chapter.  As you read, underline, and highlight the chapter, fill in the missing information in your study guide.  The study guide is an abbreviated outline of the chapter. Primary concepts in the study guide will not make sense to you unless you read the text and add this material to the final version of the study guide.

The goal here is not to retype the entire textbook. The goal is to make the study guide understandable to you by adding more information to fill in the missing information.  You want to make all of the primary concepts in the chapter understandable to you. Then, you can use this more complete study guide to study for exams.  The study guide for each chapter is found under Lessons (click on “Study and Lecture Guide”).  You do not turn in this completed study guide to your instructor.

Discussion Chapter 4 - Birth and Physical Development: The First Two Years:

You will be assigned a discussion question from the list. This will be the question you write about in your discussion response and post online.  Your goal is to answer your question by summarizing (in your own words) the information in the textbook related to your question.   You question may also have a part asking you to reflect on your own feelings, thoughts, and experiences relate SPECIFICALLY to the major concept in your assigned question.  You can also make a connection by talking about how concepts from other readings from any source relate to a concept in your assigned reading.

To locate the list of Discussion Questions, go to Lessons and click on “Discussion Questions.” There you will find all of the Discussion Questions for each chapter.

In order to post your response, go to Discussions on the home page of the course and click on the appropriate chapter. Your response to the question needs to be 400 – 600 words in 12 point type size. (I will not take a paper that does not meet the 400 word requirement.  Your word processor should give you a word count.)

This participation assignment is due today!  Post your assignment and bring your hard copy to class. 

Thursday 11/5

Assignment Three

Birth and Infancy

Chapter 5 - Infancy: Cognitive and Language Development

Chapter 6 - Infancy: The Development of Emotional and Social Bonds 

Ch 5 and Ch 6 Study Guide:

Open the study guide by going to Lessons and then click on “Study and Lecture Guide.”  Save the Study Guide on your computer (and thumb drive!). Then, have your electronic copy of your study guide open while you read and highlight the chapter.  As you read, underline, and highlight the chapter, fill in the missing information in your study guide.  The study guide is an abbreviated outline of the chapter. Primary concepts in the study guide will not make sense to you unless you read the text and add this material to the final version of the study guide.

The goal here is not to retype the entire textbook. The goal is to make the study guide understandable to you by adding more information to fill in the missing information.  You want to make all of the primary concepts in the chapter understandable to you. Then, you can use this more complete study guide to study for exams.  The study guide for each chapter is found under Lessons (click on “Study and Lecture Guide”).  You do not turn in this completed study guide to your instructor.

Discussion Chapter 6 - Infancy: The Development of Emotional and Social Bonds: 

You will be assigned a discussion question from the list. This will be the question you write about in your discussion response and post online.  Your goal is to answer your question by summarizing (in your own words) the information in the textbook related to your question.   You question may also have a part asking you to reflect on your own feelings, thoughts, and experiences relate SPECIFICALLY to the major concept in your assigned question.  You can also make a connection by talking about how concepts from other readings from any source relate to a concept in your assigned reading.

To locate the list of Discussion Questions, go to Lessons and click on “Discussion Questions.” There you will find all of the Discussion Questions for each chapter.

In order to post your response, go to Discussions on the home page of the course and click on the appropriate chapter. Your response to the question needs to be 400 – 600 words in 12 point type size. (I will not take a paper that does not meet the 400 word requirement.  Your word processor should give you a word count.)

This participation assignment is due today!  Post your assignment and bring your hard copy to class.

Tuesday 11/10

Exam One: The testing date is Tuesday 11/10. Exam 1 covers Unit One, consisting of Assignments 1, 2, and 3.  This exam is taken online. 

Unit Two 

Unit Two consists of Assignments 4 through 6 and Exam 2. These assignments are to be completed between November 12 and November 24.

Thursday 11/12

Assignment Four

Early Childhood

Chapter 7 - Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Chapter 8 - Early Childhood: Emotional and Social Development

Ch 7 and Ch 8 Study Guide:

Open the study guide by going to Lessons and then click on “Study and Lecture Guide.”  Save the Study Guide on your computer (and thumb drive!). Then, have your electronic copy of your study guide open while you read and highlight the chapter.  As you read, underline, and highlight the chapter, fill in the missing information in your study guide.  The study guide is an abbreviated outline of the chapter. Primary concepts in the study guide will not make sense to you unless you read the text and add this material to the final version of the study guide.

The goal here is not to retype the entire textbook. The goal is to make the study guide understandable to you by adding more information to fill in the missing information.  You want to make all of the primary concepts in the chapter understandable to you. Then, you can use this more complete study guide to study for exams.  The study guide for each chapter is found under Lessons (click on “Study and Lecture Guide”).  You do not turn in this completed study guide to your instructor.

Discussion Chapter 8 - Early Childhood: Emotional and Social Development:

You will be assigned a discussion question from the list. This will be the question you write about in your discussion response and post online.  Your goal is to answer your question by summarizing (in your own words) the information in the textbook related to your question.   You question may also have a part asking you to reflect on your own feelings, thoughts, and experiences relate SPECIFICALLY to the major concept in your assigned question.  You can also make a connection by talking about how concepts from other readings from any source relate to a concept in your assigned reading.

To locate the list of Discussion Questions, go to Lessons and click on “Discussion Questions.” There you will find all of the Discussion Questions for each chapter.

In order to post your response, go to Discussions on the home page of the course and click on the appropriate chapter. Your response to the question needs to be 400 – 600 words in 12 point type size. (I will not take a paper that does not meet the 400 word requirement.  Your word processor should give you a word count.)

This participation assignment is due today!  Post your assignment and bring your hard copy to class.

Tuesday 11/17

Assignment Five

Middle Childhood

Chapter 9 - Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Chapter 10 - Middle Childhood: Emotional and Social Development

Ch 9 and Ch 10 Study Guide:

Open the study guide by going to Lessons and then click on “Study and Lecture Guide.”  Save the Study Guide on your computer (and thumb drive!). Then, have your electronic copy of your study guide open while you read and highlight the chapter.  As you read, underline, and highlight the chapter, fill in the missing information in your study guide.  The study guide is an abbreviated outline of the chapter. Primary concepts in the study guide will not make sense to you unless you read the text and add this material to the final version of the study guide.

The goal here is not to retype the entire textbook. The goal is to make the study guide understandable to you by adding more information to fill in the missing information.  You want to make all of the primary concepts in the chapter understandable to you. Then, you can use this more complete study guide to study for exams.  The study guide for each chapter is found under Lessons (click on “Study and Lecture Guide”).  You do not turn in this completed study guide to your instructor.

Discussion Chapter 10 - Middle Childhood: Emotional and Social Development:

You will be assigned a discussion question from the list. This will be the question you write about in your discussion response and post online.  Your goal is to answer your question by summarizing (in your own words) the information in the textbook related to your question.   You question may also have a part asking you to reflect on your own feelings, thoughts, and experiences relate SPECIFICALLY to the major concept in your assigned question.  You can also make a connection by talking about how concepts from other readings from any source relate to a concept in your assigned reading.

To locate the list of Discussion Questions, go to Lessons and click on “Discussion Questions.” There you will find all of the Discussion Questions for each chapter.

In order to post your response, go to Discussions on the home page of the course and click on the appropriate chapter. Your response to the question needs to be 400 – 600 words in 12 point type size. (I will not take a paper that does not meet the 400 word requirement.  Your word processor should give you a word count.)

This participation assignment is due today!  Post your assignment and bring your hard copy to class.

Thursday 11/19

Assignment Six

Adolescence

Chapter 11 - Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Chapter 12 - Adolescence: Emotional and Social Development

Ch 11 and Ch 12 Study Guide:

Open the study guide by going to Lessons and then click on “Study and Lecture Guide.”  Save the Study Guide on your computer (and thumb drive!). Then, have your electronic copy of your study guide open while you read and highlight the chapter.  As you read, underline, and highlight the chapter, fill in the missing information in your study guide.  The study guide is an abbreviated outline of the chapter. Primary concepts in the study guide will not make sense to you unless you read the text and add this material to the final version of the study guide.

The goal here is not to retype the entire textbook. The goal is to make the study guide understandable to you by adding more information to fill in the missing information.  You want to make all of the primary concepts in the chapter understandable to you. Then, you can use this more complete study guide to study for exams.  The study guide for each chapter is found under Lessons (click on “Study and Lecture Guide”).  You do not turn in this completed study guide to your instructor.

Discussion Chapter 12 - Adolescence: Emotional and Social Development:

You will be assigned a discussion question from the list. This will be the question you write about in your discussion response and post online.  Your goal is to answer your question by summarizing (in your own words) the information in the textbook related to your question.   You question may also have a part asking you to reflect on your own feelings, thoughts, and experiences relate SPECIFICALLY to the major concept in your assigned question.  You can also make a connection by talking about how concepts from other readings from any source relate to a concept in your assigned reading.

To locate the list of Discussion Questions, go to Lessons and click on “Discussion Questions.” There you will find all of the Discussion Questions for each chapter.

In order to post your response, go to Discussions on the home page of the course and click on the appropriate chapter. Your response to the question needs to be 400 – 600 words in 12 point type size. (I will not take a paper that does not meet the 400 word requirement.  Your word processor should give you a word count.)

This participation assignment is due today!  Post your assignment and bring your hard copy to class.

Tuesday 11/24

Exam Two: The testing date is Tuesday 11/24.  Exam 2 covers Unit Two, consisting of Assignments 4, 5, and 6.  This exam is taken online. 

Unit Three 

Unit Three consists of Assignments 7 through 10 and Exam 3. These assignments are to be completed between November 26 and December 10.

Thursday 11/26

Assignment Seven

Early Adulthood

Chapter 13 - Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Chapter 14 - Early Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development

Ch 13 and Ch 14 Study Guide:

Open the study guide by going to Lessons and then click on “Study and Lecture Guide.”  Save the Study Guide on your computer (and thumb drive!). Then, have your electronic copy of your study guide open while you read and highlight the chapter.  As you read, underline, and highlight the chapter, fill in the missing information in your study guide.  The study guide is an abbreviated outline of the chapter. Primary concepts in the study guide will not make sense to you unless you read the text and add this material to the final version of the study guide.

The goal here is not to retype the entire textbook. The goal is to make the study guide understandable to you by adding more information to fill in the missing information.  You want to make all of the primary concepts in the chapter understandable to you. Then, you can use this more complete study guide to study for exams.  The study guide for each chapter is found under Lessons (click on “Study and Lecture Guide”).  You do not turn in this completed study guide to your instructor.

Discussion Chapter 14 - Early Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development:

You will be assigned a discussion question from the list. This will be the question you write about in your discussion response and post online.  Your goal is to answer your question by summarizing (in your own words) the information in the textbook related to your question.   You question may also have a part asking you to reflect on your own feelings, thoughts, and experiences relate SPECIFICALLY to the major concept in your assigned question.  You can also make a connection by talking about how concepts from other readings from any source relate to a concept in your assigned reading.

To locate the list of Discussion Questions, go to Lessons and click on “Discussion Questions.” There you will find all of the Discussion Questions for each chapter.

In order to post your response, go to Discussions on the home page of the course and click on the appropriate chapter. Your response to the question needs to be 400 – 600 words in 12 point type size. (I will not take a paper that does not meet the 400 word requirement.  Your word processor should give you a word count.)

This participation assignment is due today!  Post your assignment and bring your hard copy to class.

Service Learning Project

In essence, service learning is a way of learning that benefits not only the students but the surrounding community as well. It works by teaching concepts in the classroom, which can be applied within that community; as a result, it is mutually beneficial to everyone involved. Although this type of learning breaks away from the traditional classroom, it offers students a chance to connect what they are learning with action, while at the same time helping to improve the lives of others around them.

The Service Learning Project is due October 5.  This project has been adapted due to Covid.  In the past you were required to do three hours of volunteer work at a nonprofit agency. Because of Covid, the instructions have been modified.  Because of Covid-19, we are not physically going to agencies to volunteer.  You are not required to complete volunteer hours.  In this Service Learning Project you are to reflect on a time that you have volunteered and then answer the questions in the Service Learning Project Template. If you have never volunteered, please research a local agency and then answer the questions in the Service Learning Project Template.  Once you go through the steps below, this assignment should be clear.

There are several steps to complete for this Service Learning Project.  These steps serve as the instructions on how to complete the project:

Step 1: Click on the Service Learning Project at the upper left hand corner of the Home Page of the course in order to access the required documents needed to complete the Service Learning Project.

Step 2: Open and read the document entitled “Service Learning Project Template.” After you read this document, you will understand what you are required to do for this assignment. This is the template you use to answer the questions.  You MUST include the questions in your paper!  I will have a very difficult time grading your answers if I cannot see each of the questions that you are answering.

Step 3: Open and read the document entitled “Reading Graphs and Charts.”  This mini lecture will help you better understand how to interpret information on graphs and charts.  This mini lecture will help you to better understand how to answer the questions related to the graphs (question 5).

Step 4: Open and read the document entitled “Volunteer Opportunities for Service Project.”  This document will give you information on possible places for you to consider for your volunteer work. If none of these organizations interest you, feel free to research other agencies.  You can also google Volunteer Match Amarillo for more ideas!  

You do not need to send a verification form from your agency. 

Step 5: After you select an agency, proceed to answer the questions in the “Service Learning Project Template.” Remember to SAVE YOUR DOCUMENT as a WORD file or a RICH TEXT FORMAT file on your computer.  Do NOT submit your paper as a pdf. file.

Step 6: EDITING YOUR WORK: Good ideas require excellent writing to be understood! Please take time to EDIT your work carefully as you will be graded on your grammar, writing mechanics, organization of your thought and the "knowledge you possess" related to the data and graphs on poverty.  Write in complete sentences, remember punctuation and capitalization and proper grammar count!  JUST A NOTE: "I" is a proper noun and should BE CAPITALIZED! This is NOT A TEXT MESSAGE TO YOUR FRIENDS! It's a COLLEGE-LEVEL WRITING ASSIGNMENT! 

If you are not a strong writer, please submit your work prior to the due date to the WRITER'S CORNER for editing. You can contact them at the following web link and/or phone number: https://www.actx.edu/english/writerscorner or  (806) 345-5580. They are located in Ordway Hall, Room 102. 

Step 7: CITING SOURCES:  A part of your grade will be over proper citing of sources for this project.  Remember, in the items that are required to have a bibliography/reference section, be sure you cite your source with the authors name, date of publication and that title of the source, and publisher along with any pages you used, or, if your source is an online source include the title, any author, date, and the web address stating "Retrieved from".           

Examples: 

General Psychology textbook:

Myers, D. (2014) Exploring Psychology (9th Edition).  Worth, pages 35-39.    

Lifespan Development textbook:

Crandell, T., Crandell, C., and Vander Zanden, J. (2012).  Human Development.  McGraw Hill (10th Edition)., page 102.

Psychology of Adjustment textbook:

Corey, G., Corey, M.S., and Muratori, M. I Never Knew I Had a Choice.  Cengage (11^th Edition). page 45.

For an online source (particularly those related to your agency history) you will have a citation that looks like this:

High Plains Food Bank: About The Agency. Retrieved May 21, 2016 from https://www.hpfb.org/Hunger

As well, be sure you ALWAYS cite your sources in the body of your text where you use the reference: For example:

The purpose of the High Plains Food Bank is to help "food insecure" families get the nutrition they need in the 29 counties of the Texas Panhandle (High Plains Food Bank: About, May 21, 2016).

Myers (2014, p. 375) tells us that people must have their basic needs met before they can accomplish higher order goals.  This idea is put forth in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (Maslow, 1970), which shows that needs like hunger and thirst must be met before people will go after personal goals like building self-esteem and attaining an educational degree.

HINT: IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR REFERENCE SECTION OF YOUR TEXTBOOK, you will find the proper FORMAT for any REFERENCE that you are using for this essay!

Step 8: Instructions for uploading your Service Learning Project into the course.  Go to the Service Learning Project in the upper left hand corner of the Home Page.  Click on the Service Learning Project Drop Box.  Then, click on “Write Submission” and you will see the Text Submission box.  Copy and paste your completed Service Learning Project Essay (Service Learning Project Essay Template) that you have already saved to your computer into this Text Submission box.  (DO NOT submit your paper into the COMMENTS section!) In order to paste your Service Learning Project Essay into the Text Submission box, you will first need to highlight your Service Learning Project Essay.  Then hold the Ctrl button and press C to copy.  Next, you will need to click your cursor inside of the Text Submission box.  Then, hold the Ctrl button and press V to paste your Essay into the Text Submission box.  Then click Submit and it will upload into the course. I will then go in at a later time and grade your Essay.

GRADING RUBRIC FOR YOUR SERVICE PROJECT ASSIGNMENT

	Levels of Achievement
Criteria	EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS	MEETS EXPECTATIONS	MEETS MOST or SOME EXPECTATIONS & NEEDS IMPROVEMENT	DOES NOT MEET EXPECTATIONS	DID NOT ANSWER QUESTION
KNOWLEDGE QUESTION #1 Weight 20.00%	20 Contains clear, thorough responses to each of the parts of EACH of the questions identified in the assignment. It provides evidence that the student has diligently researched the history of the agency the agency/organization, the social issue the agency is concerned with, and the specific intervention(s) used to help the issue. It provides evidence that the student has diligently identified the tasks. Provides proper citation.	17 Addresses almost all of the parts of the questions, and answers ALL the questions identified in the assignment. Provides some evidence that the student has researched the history, social issues and specific interventions of the agency with which they were involved. Provides at least one reference that is appropriate with citation in text.	14 Does not address all of the parts of the questions in the assignment, or skipped one of the questions. It provides minimal evidence that the student has diligently researched the history of the agency, the social issue the agency is concerned with and the specific intervention used to help the issue, the social issue the concerned with and the specific intervention used to help the issue. Fails to provide clear evidence that the student has diligently identified the tasks at the chosen agency.  Failed to provide appropriate reference and/or citation and bibliography.	10 Minimally addresses and or fails to answer some of the questions in item #1. It does not provide evidence that the student researched the history of the agency, the social issue the agency is concerned with or the specific intervention used to help the issue. It doesn’t provide evidence that the student has diligently identified the tasks at the chosen agency. Failed to provide reference and citation and bibliography.	0 Did not provide an answer.
KNOWLEDGE QUESTION # 2 Weight 10.00%	10 Contains clear, thorough responses to the question identified in the assignment. It provides evidence that the student has diligently reflected on experiences, prior knowledge and new knowledge learned while working at the chosen agency.	8 Addresses the question identified in item #2, in a minimal manner and/or provides some evidence that the student has done some reflection on their experiences, as well as discussing previous and new knowledge gained while working at this agency. Needs improvement and some added depth.	7 Addresses some of issues raised by the question in item #2 in a perfunctory manner. It provides minimal reflection from the student regarding their experiences, prior knowledge and new knowledge gained in this experience. Needs a quite a bit of improvement and depth of reflection on the experience.	5 Minimally addresses the items in the assignment. Provides very little, if any, evidence that the student has reflected on experiences, prior knowledge and new knowledge gained in this experience. Needs much more depth of reflection and improvement in communicating that experience.	0 Did not provide an answer.
KNOWLEDGE QUESTION #3 Weight 20.00%	20 Contains clear, thorough responses to each part of the question identified in the assignment. It provides evidence that the student has diligently applied or related concepts from at least 2 specific concepts from their textbook to their experience in their agency. Cited sources in the text and within the bibliography section.	17 Contains a minimum required response to the question identified and its parts. Provides some evidence that student applied and/or related at least 1 concept from the textbook to their experience at the agency. Cited source in text and within bibliography section.	14 Does not address all of the parts of question in the assignment and/or responses lack clarity and depth. It provides minimal evidence of the student’s reflective thought. There is only minimal indication that the student applied or related 1 concept from their textbook in this class to their experience in their agency. Fails to cite source in text or bibliography.	10 Minimally addresses the items in the assignment. It does not provide evidence of the student’s reflective thought. There is no specific indication that the student applied or related any concepts from their textbook in this class to their experience in their agency. Fails to cite source(s) in text and bibliography.	0 Did not provide an answer.
KNOWLEDGE QUESTION #4 Weight 10.00%	10 Contains clear, thorough responses to the question identified in the assignment. It provides evidence that the student has diligently described the impact he or she hopes to have by continuing to volunteer at their selected agency. If the student chose not to volunteer at their selected agency, then he or she described in detail one action step that they would be willing to do to apply some aspect of “social responsibility” that they learned in their volunteer work in their life.	8 Contains minimal response to the question identified in the assignment. Provides some evidence that student described the impact he or she hope to have by continuing to volunteer at selected agency. If the student chose not to volunteer at the agency, then he or she gave a brief but not specific description of at least one action step if that they are willing to do to apply some aspect of "social responsibility" that they learned in their volunteer work in their life.	7 Does not address all of the parts of the questions in the assignment. It provides minimal evidence that the student has diligently described the impact he or she hopes to have by continuing to volunteer at their selected agency. If the student chose not to volunteer at their selected agency, then he or she described one general and somewhat vague action step that they would be willing to do to apply some aspect of “social responsibility” that they learned in their volunteer work in their life.	5 Minimally addresses the items in the assignment. It does not provide evidence that the student has described the impact he or she hopes to have by continuing to volunteer at their selected agency or, if the student chose not to volunteer at their selected agency, then he or she failed to describe in any detail one action step that they would be willing to do to apply some aspect of “social responsibility” that they learned in their volunteer work in their life	0 Did not provide an answer.
KNOWLEDGE Empirical Data Question #5 Weight 25.00%	25 All five questions and all parts are correct indicating that the student has mastery over understanding empirical and graphical representation of data in social and behavioral sciences research	21 Four of the 5 questions were correct, and/or the student missed a few of the components in a couple of the questions, indicating student has an understanding of empirical and graphical representation of social and behavioral science research.	18 Three of the five questions were correct, and/or student missed multiple components within some of the questions, indicating that the student has difficulty and lacks a complete understanding of empirical and graphical representation of social and behavioral science research.	13 Two or less of the five questions were correct, and student missed multiple components within these questions, indicating that the student lacks understanding of empirical and graphical representation of social and behavioral science research.	0 0 points Did not provide an answer.
Organization Weight 5.00%	5 Information is clearly organized throughout the four questions on the essay, ideas flow nicely.	4 Some sections of the are well organized while others are loosely organized, lacking flow	3 Information is loosely organized throughout and there is a lack of flow of ideas.	2 Information is present, but very difficult to understand due to poor organization.	0 Did not provide an answer.
WRITING MECHANICS Weight 10.00%	10 Proper grammar and spelling used throughout the answer to the question. Minimum word count is exceeded.	8 Generally, grammar and spelling used are correct with a few errors. Minimum word count is reached.	7 Proper grammar and spelling used throughout the answer to the question with major errors. Minimum word count is reached or fell a little short at points.	5 Very poor grammar and spelling used throughout the answer to the question. Minimum word count is not reached.	0 Did not provide an answer.

Tuesday 12/1

Assignment Eight

Middle Adulthood

Chapter 15 - Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Chapter 16 - Middle Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development

Ch 15 and Ch 16 Study Guide:

Open the study guide by going to Lessons and then click on “Study and Lecture Guide.”  Save the Study Guide on your computer (and thumb drive!). Then, have your electronic copy of your study guide open while you read and highlight the chapter.  As you read, underline, and highlight the chapter, fill in the missing information in your study guide.  The study guide is an abbreviated outline of the chapter. Primary concepts in the study guide will not make sense to you unless you read the text and add this material to the final version of the study guide.

The goal here is not to retype the entire textbook. The goal is to make the study guide understandable to you by adding more information to fill in the missing information.  You want to make all of the primary concepts in the chapter understandable to you. Then, you can use this more complete study guide to study for exams.  The study guide for each chapter is found under Lessons (click on “Study and Lecture Guide”).  You do not turn in this completed study guide to your instructor.

Discussion Chapter 16 - Middle Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development:

You will be assigned a discussion question from the list. This will be the question you write about in your discussion response and post online.  Your goal is to answer your question by summarizing (in your own words) the information in the textbook related to your question.  You question may also have a part asking you to reflect on your own feelings, thoughts, and experiences relate SPECIFICALLY to the major concept in your assigned question.  You can also make a connection by talking about how concepts from other readings from any source relate to a concept in your assigned reading.

To locate the list of Discussion Questions, go to Lessons and click on “Discussion Questions.” There you will find all of the Discussion Questions for each chapter.

In order to post your response, go to Discussions on the home page of the course and click on the appropriate chapter. Your response to the question needs to be 400 – 600 words in 12 point type size. (I will not take a paper that does not meet the 400 word requirement.  Your word processor should give you a word count.)

This participation assignment is due today!  Post your assignment and bring your hard copy to class.

Thursday 12/3

Assignment Nine

Late Adulthood

Chapter 17 - Late Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Chapter 18 - Late Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development

Ch 17 and Ch 18 Study Guide:

Open the study guide by going to Lessons and then click on “Study and Lecture Guide.”  Save the Study Guide on your computer (and thumb drive!). Then, have your electronic copy of your study guide open while you read and highlight the chapter.  As you read, underline, and highlight the chapter, fill in the missing information in your study guide.  The study guide is an abbreviated outline of the chapter. Primary concepts in the study guide will not make sense to you unless you read the text and add this material to the final version of the study guide.

The goal here is not to retype the entire textbook. The goal is to make the study guide understandable to you by adding more information to fill in the missing information.  You want to make all of the primary concepts in the chapter understandable to you. Then, you can use this more complete study guide to study for exams.  The study guide for each chapter is found under Lessons (click on “Study and Lecture Guide”).  You do not turn in this completed study guide to your instructor.

Discussion Chapter 18 - Late Adulthood: Emotional and Social Development and

You will be assigned a discussion question from the list. This will be the question you write about in your discussion response and post online.  Your goal is to answer your question by summarizing (in your own words) the information in the textbook related to your question.   You question may also have a part asking you to reflect on your own feelings, thoughts, and experiences relate SPECIFICALLY to the major concept in your assigned question.  You can also make a connection by talking about how concepts from other readings from any source relate to a concept in your assigned reading.

To locate the list of Discussion Questions, go to Lessons and click on “Discussion Questions.” There you will find all of the Discussion Questions for each chapter.

In order to post your response, go to Discussions on the home page of the course and click on the appropriate chapter. Your response to the question needs to be 400 – 600 words in 12 point type size. (I will not take a paper that does not meet the 400 word requirement.  Your word processor should give you a word count.)

This participation assignment is due today!  Post your assignment and bring your hard copy to class.

Tuesday 12/8

Assignment Ten

Late Adulthood

Chapter 19 - Dying and Death

Ch 19 Study Guide:

Open the study guide by going to Lessons and then click on “Study and Lecture Guide.”  Save the Study Guide on your computer (and thumb drive!). Then, have your electronic copy of your study guide open while you read and highlight the chapter.  As you read, underline, and highlight the chapter, fill in the missing information in your study guide.  The study guide is an abbreviated outline of the chapter. Primary concepts in the study guide will not make sense to you unless you read the text and add this material to the final version of the study guide.

The goal here is not to retype the entire textbook. The goal is to make the study guide understandable to you by adding more information to fill in the missing information.  You want to make all of the primary concepts in the chapter understandable to you. Then, you can use this more complete study guide to study for exams.  The study guide for each chapter is found under Lessons (click on “Study and Lecture Guide”).  You do not turn in this completed study guide to your instructor.

Discussion Chapter 19 - Dying and Death:

You will be assigned a discussion question from the list. This will be the question you write about in your discussion response and post online.  Your goal is to answer your question by summarizing (in your own words) the information in the textbook related to your question.   You question may also have a part asking you to reflect on your own feelings, thoughts, and experiences relate SPECIFICALLY to the major concept in your assigned question.  You can also make a connection by talking about how concepts from other readings from any source relate to a concept in your assigned reading.

To locate the list of Discussion Questions, go to Lessons and click on “Discussion Questions.” There you will find all of the Discussion Questions for each chapter.

In order to post your response, go to Discussions on the home page of the course and click on the appropriate chapter. Your response to the question needs to be 400 – 600 words in 12 point type size. (I will not take a paper that does not meet the 400 word requirement.  Your word processor should give you a word count.)

This participation assignment is due today!  Post your assignment and bring your hard copy to class.

Thursday 12/10

Exam Three: The testing date is Thursday 12/10.  To get into an exam, click on Lessons and then click on Exams.  Exam 3 covers Unit Three, consisting of Assignments 7, 8, and 9.  This exam is taken online. 

Tuesday 12/15

Comprehensive Final Exam: This exam covers all of the textbook material assigned in the course. To get into an exam, click on Lessons and then click on Exams.  The testing date is Tuesday 12/15. This exam is online.