- Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
- Write a 500-750 word paper describing your understanding of student development and student learning. Include the following components in your paper as headings in your paper.
- Student Development
- Describe the major concepts, theories, and processes related to the development of P-12 students, according to one theorist (Piaget, Vygotsky, or Kohlberg), and the factors that influence student development.
- Describe students’ developmental characteristics and developmental variation, and how these characteristics and variation can inform instructional decision making, according to one theorist (Piaget, Vygotsky, or Kohlberg).
- Describe typical developmental challenge for P-12 students and how teachers can help students address these developmental challenges, according to one theorist (Piaget, Vygotsky, or Kohlberg).
- Student Learning
- Describe how you can apply your knowledge of Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism to enhance student learning in varied educational contexts.
- Describe how students construct meaning and acquire skills, and how to facilitate these processes for students with diverse characteristics and needs.
- Describe the important role of social interaction and hands-on experiences, and how to use these processes to help students construct knowledge and develop problem-solving and other skills.
- Student Development
- The paper needs to follow APA formatting, including a title page, body, and reference page. It does not need an abstract.
- For information on how to cite sources and format a paper properly, review the Academic Writer website(new tab) or the OCLS APA Style Page(new tab).
- IWU-specific research and other video tutorials that are kept up-to-date to help you 24/7/365 here(new tab).
- OCLS created the OCLS APA 7e Guide(new tab) as a reference.
- OCLS can review your paper’s APA elements. Use this form(new tab) to request a review.
- Submit the paper to the assignment submission page by the end of the Workshop.