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1. Read Chapter 1 in your text, Development Across the Life Span.

2. Click on your Electronic Reserve Readings link for Week One on your resource page and read the articles.

3. Summary of Piaget’s Theories Paper: Using your text and at least one peer-reviewed source, write a brief (1-2 page) summary of the most significant elements of Piaget’s stages and applicable theory. Your paper should include:

a. Identification of Piaget’s stages of learning

b. Brief comparison to at least one other theory of classical and operant conditioning.

4. Read the following items, available at :

a. “Toolkit Essentials”

b. “Why Learning Teams?”

c. “Team Basics”

d. “Getting Started”

e. ”Getting to Results”

f. “Project Planning”

g. “Decisions/Conflict Resolution”

h. “Team Learning”

Directed Study

1. Read Chapter 1 in your text, Development Across the Life Span.

5. Click on your Electronic Reserve Readings link for Week One on your resource page and read the articles.

6. Summary of Piaget’s Theories Paper: Using your text and at least one peer-reviewed source, write a brief (1-2 page) summary of the most significant elements of Piaget’s stages and applicable theory. Your paper should include:

a. Identification of Piaget’s stages of learning

b. Brief comparison to at least one other theory of classical and operant conditioning.

Discussion Questions

1. An elementary teacher comes to you complaining about a student who is always out of her seat at inappropriate times. What suggestions and advice would you offer this teacher?

a) How will you use the information you have learned in this workshop to deal with these behaviors?

b) How might you intervene using behavioral principles?

2. How can you spot developmental difficulties or lapses in children, using Piaget’s theory?

a) Are developmental sequences the same for each child across developmental areas?

b) Are development stages age-specific?

3. Is there a “fixed” determination of the role of genetics vs. environment, or is it variable?

4. How is research done to determine the influence of genetics vs. environment, or is it more a matter of “belief?”

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