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ECE 353 Entire Course   For more classes
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Discussions 1 Theories And Theoretical Frameworks
(Piagetian Theory/Nativist Approaches) ECE 353
Week 1 Discussions 2 Genetic And Biological
Factors ECE 353 Week 2 Assignment How The Brain
Learns
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ECE 353 Week 1 Discussions 1 Theories And
Theoretical Frameworks (Piagetian Theory/Nativist
Approaches)   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Theories and Theoretical Frameworks. As
an early childhood professional, it is expected
you will understand and apply foundational
knowledge and theories in the field. Foundational
knowledge and theoretical understanding provides
a framework for you to utilize when you are
working with infants, toddlers, and school-aged
children. Additionally, your understanding of the
foundational knowledge and theories will inform
and shape your professional practices. For this
discussion you will start
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ECE 353 Week 1 Discussions 2 Genetic And
Biological Factors   For more classes
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Biological Factors. Genetic, biological, and
environmental factors are known to a have
significant impact on the development of all
children, including children with attention-
deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism,
dyslexia, and
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  ECE 353 Week 1 DQ 1 Important Questions in
Children's Thinking For more classes
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in Childrens Thinking. Chapter One of your text
identifies the six most important questions in
the study of childrens thinking Are some
capabilities innate? Does development progress
through stages? How does change occur? How do
individuals differ?
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ECE 353 Week 1 DQ 2 Addressing Bias in
Intelligence Testing   For more classes
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Intelligence Testing. Daniel, an eight-year-old
child from a poor, inner-city neighborhood, is
given a traditional IQ test. One section of the
IQ test involves defining various words. Yacht
is one of the words that Daniel is asked to
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ECE 353 Week 1 The Piagetian Model   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   The
Piagetian Model. There is little argument that
while not perfect, Piagets theories have had a
profound impact on the field of cognitive
development. Provide an analysis of his model as
well as the challenges to it. In a two- to
three-page paper, please include the following
components Define the four main stages of
Piagets theory, along with their age ranges
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ECE 353 Week 2 Assignment How The Brain
Learns   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   How the Brain Learns. In Chapters 3 and 4 of
your primary text, Farrar and Montgomery discuss
executive functioning and memory development
(2015), you learned about factors that influence
brain development. For this assignment, you will
build upon that knowledge by further
investigating how the brain learns. Remember that
working memory, attention, and executive
functions are interconnected and are crucial to
the learning process. This includes the ability
for a child to pay attention,
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ECE 353 Week 2 Discussions 1 Brain
Development   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   now widely accepted that a childs
environment and early life experiences affect the
development, health, and structure of their
brain. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the
brain is its ability to change structurally and
functionally in response to external stimuli,
which is known as neuroplasticity. Watch the
video Neuroplasticity to learn more about this
concept (Sentis, 2012). Additionally, it is now
believed that positive and stimulating
environments promote healthy brain development.
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ECE 353 Week 2 DQ 1 Cultural Tools For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Cultural
Tools. Cultural tools shape cognitive development
and can include both technical tools, which act
on the environment, and psychological tools,
which are tools for thinking. Discuss Vygotskys
belief that language is the most significant of
the cultural tools. Do you agree or disagree?
Examine the given images of other psychological
tools. Choose one of the given tools and discuss
how that tool may influence cognitive development
from the perspective of the sociocultural
theories. What do
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ECE 353 Week 2 DQ 2 Educational Innovations   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Educatio
nal Innovations. Many educational innovations,
such as dynamic assessment and FCL (Fostering
Communities of Learners) classrooms, have
incorporated insights about learning and
development from the sociocultural theories.
Choose either dynamic assessment or FCL. Define
your choice, and discuss how it incorporates
insights about learning and development from the
sociocultural theories. Develop one activity that
effectively illustrates your chosen educational
innovation in practice.    
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ECE 353 Week 3 Assignment Role Of Families And
The Community   For more classes
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the Community CLOs 4. Due by Day 7. One
responsibility of professionals when working with
children is offering support for families by
sharing information with them about
developmentally appropriate strategies for their
children and the availability of resources in
their community. Recall that during Week Two you
developed a flyer that taught the families that
you work with about the role of working memory,
attention, and executive function in learning and
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ECE 353 Week 3 Assignment Role Of Families And
The Community   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Role of Families and
the Community CLOs 4. Due by Day 7. One
responsibility of professionals when working with
children is offering support for families by
sharing information with them about
developmentally appropriate strategies for their
children and the availability of resources in
their community. Recall that during Week Two you
developed a flyer that taught the families that
you work with about the role of working memory,
attention, and executive function in learning and
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ECE 353 Week 3 Discussions 2 Theory Of Mind   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Theory
of Mind. Theory of Mind is a theory of
psychological and developmental roots that is
defined by the ability of a child to attribute
mental states such as beliefs, feelings,
knowledge, thoughts, intents to oneself and
others and to understand that others have beliefs
and feelings that are different than ones own.
The diagram below represents the five
foundational components of theory of mind that
emerge between ages 2 and 5 that were shared in
Chapter 6 of our course text,Cognitive
development of children Research and application
. Understanding this developmental sequence is
critical in being able to support children as
they grow and develop cognitively.
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ECE 353 Week 3 DQ 1 Phonological
Acquisition   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Phonological Acquisition. Watch the
talk by Patricia Kuhl, entitled The Linguistic
Genius of Babies. How do her findings support
language acquisition in regard to phonology as it
is described in Chapter Six of your text? Include
a discussion of the need for a social context
when developing phonological awareness and why.
How did your own social context impact your
phonological awareness?  
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ECE 353 Week 3 DQ 2 Memory Facilitation   For
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Facilitation. Older children typically remember
more than younger children. Identify and describe
two strategies that older children use to
facilitate their memories. Reflecting on your own
personal experiences, what strategies do you
employ to improve your memory? Discuss the
relevance of strategies that facilitate memory
within the context of classroom instruction.
Share one instructional strategy that you feel is
highly effective for most students.    
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ECE 353 Week 3 Journal Connecting to Classroom
Practices   For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   Connecting to Classroom Practices. In a
one- to two-page journal entry, write a
self-reflection. What is the relevance of this
course to best practices in the classroom? In
other words, how can an understanding of how
children think improve your teaching skills,
particularly in terms of differentiating student
needs and abilities? Do you feel that you
currently utilize an understanding of cognitive
development in your own teaching? Your journal is
an informal, reflective piece that does not
require citations or APA format however, if you
choose to use resources, please cite them
appropriately.
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ECE 353 Week 4 Discussions 1 Problem Solving And
Reasoning   For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   Problem Solving and Reasoning. There are
many ways in which cultural differences impact
cognitive development. One of the areas in which
we see the impact relating to cultural
differences is with the development of reasoning
and problem solving skills as is discussed in
Chapter 8 of our textbook. Because our habits of
mind are influenced by our cultural and
historical circumstances, the decision- making
strategies that we seek to promote in students
reflect our own culture (Brenner
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ECE 353 Week 4 Discussions 2 Relationships
Between Cognitive, Language, And Motor
Development   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Relationships Between Cognitive,
Language, and Motor Development. Cognitive,
language, and motor skills are often thought to
be closely interrelated developmental areas,
because as children develop in these domains,
they appear to demonstrate correlated
developmental pathways. For this discussion you
will need to choose one age group from the chart
below and review all three videos for the age
group you choose. After watching Pollacks (n.d.)
videos, address the points listed below.
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ECE 353 Week 4 DQ 1 Theories of Concept
Representation   For more classes
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Representation. Identify and describe one of the
three major theories of concept representation
defining-features, probabilistic, or
theory-based. What is the mechanism of conceptual
development in your chosen theory? Provide an
example (not given in the text) that illustrates
the mechanisms of your chosen theory. How would a
child likely respond to a given scenario from the
perspective of your chosen theory?    
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ECE 353 Week 4 DQ 2 False Belief Tasks   For more
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Tasks. According to your text, the gold
standard that researchers use to demonstrate
understanding of belief is success on tasks that
require understanding of ones own or another
persons false belief (Siegler, 2005, pg. 318).
Young children often fail false belief tasks.
This finding has been interpreted in a number of
different ways. Give an original example of a
false belief task that could be given to a
three-year-old (do not use an example from the
text). Describe an
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ECE 353 Week 5 Discussions 1 Cognitive
Development And Learning   For more classes
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Development and Learning. Formal schooling plays
a large role helping children to develop
cognitively. Along with their home and social
environments, experiences in school continue to
foster childrens development of cognitive skills
and strategies. In school, children learn new
ideas, concepts, skills and are provided with the
opportunity to engage in activities where they
can explore and experiment. For this discussion,
you will begin by reviewing one of the videos
below. Before
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  ECE 353 Week 5 Discussions 2 Intellectual
Development   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Intellectual Development. Educators in
the United States public school classroom often
work with children of varying levels of ability.
Children in your classroom may have
Individualized Education Plans (IEP) that require
specific accommodations and modifications. As
part of the process of an IEP, a school
psychologist evaluates the childs intellectual
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ECE 353 Week 5 DQ 1 Planning in Problem
Solving   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Planning in Problem Solving. Young children
often fail to plan, even when doing so would
facilitate their problem-solving performance.
Select and describe one of the five reasons that
children may fail to plan given on pages 357-358
of your text. Construct a classroom-based
scenario that illustrates your chosen reason.
What is the implication of your reason when
considering the differing needs of students while
planning for classroom instruction? What is one
strategy that teachers can use to mediate the
effects of these failures and support the
problem-solving skills of their young students?
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ECE 353 Week 5 Final Paper   For more classes
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Twelve of your text identifies seven areas of
cognitive development that have been addressed in
this book perception, language, memory,
conceptual understanding, social cognition,
problem solving, and academic skills. Table 12.1
of the chapter also identifies the eight themes
of childrens thinking, in general, that have
filtered throughout the course of this text.
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ECE 353 Week 5 Final Project Professional
Development Experience (2 PPT)   For more classes
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Development Experience. Being an effective early
childhood professional requires more than a
passion for teaching or ability to work well with
children. In the first five years of life, the
most critical skills are formed by creating
synaptic connections that are key to cognitive,
social, physical, and emotional development.
Because of their developmental stage, the
environment you provide as an early educator will
set the foundation for each childs K- 12
learning experience
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ECE 353 Week 5 Final Project Professional
Development Experience (2 PPT)   For more classes
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Development Experience. Being an effective early
childhood professional requires more than a
passion for teaching or ability to work well with
children. In the first five years of life, the
most critical skills are formed by creating
synaptic connections that are key to cognitive,
social, physical, and emotional development.
Because of their developmental stage, the
environment you provide as an early educator will
set the foundation for each childs K- 12
learning experience
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ECE 353 Week 5 Journal Course Reflection   For
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Reflection. In a one- to two-page journal entry,
reflect on your experience in ECE353. Which
components of the course have influenced your
thinking the most in regard to cognitive
development? Identify one theory that had the
most profound impact on your thinking (either
positively or negatively) and describe why. What
effect will this have on your classroom
instruction?
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