Purpose: In lieu of a final exam or paper you will design and create a 4-6 page proposal to demonstrate your understanding of children’s cognitive development. For this final project, you will design a new, unique activity, game, toy, or program for children based on your research in the field of cognitive development. You will design this artifact around a specific topic which may include; memory, language, perceptual development, social cognition, conservation, problem solving strategies or skills, mathematical, or scientific reasoning, and it can be for any age.
Introduction – You will begin with a brief review of the literature (Approximately 2-3 college length paragraphs). For this section I would like for you to cite 3-5 academic sources. These sources may include your textbook and/or articles that you have found or resources that are available on Canvas. Your thesis statement should be an explicit statement about the purpose or goal of your activity.
Activity Design
1. Subjects – this section should begin with the age group whom your artifact or program is designed for, and a short summary of where they are cognitively.
2. Materials and Design – (you may wish to included a photo, graphic, or diagram here.)
3. A description of how the activity or artifact works. How is it used? What does it do?
Expected Benefits of Your Program or Artifact
1. Explain how this toy/activity help foster cognitive development?
2. What makes it research-based?
Conclusion
Briefly summarize your proposal. Conclude with a final statement about why parents/educators should utilize this activity or object.
References
*Please use APA format. This means you should include a title page, the body of your paper, and a reference page. Instead of using the traditional sections for APA, you can use some rendition of “Introduction”, “Design”, “Expected Benefits”, and “Conclusion”.
***Make sure to label your sections.
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