At the same time, we believe it incorporates the need to discern their individual God-given gifts and talents, and encourage them to use those for the purpose He designed for them. This has propelled us to offer opportunities for specialization whenever possible, as mentioned earlier. To date, Stephen’s three older brothers have successfully graduated from our homeschool program and have gone on to pursue their varied…
According to Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence approach, I have determine that Jayleen is very smart. She is high in verbal ability and has high interest in reading and reading comprehensions. She loves reading with me before bedtime. However, Jayleen is having a hard time with logical-mathematical.…
At three-years-old Mateo was fearful of Santa Claus, worried that his shadow was following him, and though that all adults knew his name. In addition, he knew his ABCs and how to count to ten. By the time he was eight-years-old, his view on Santa had completely reversed, he was no longer worried that his shadow was following him instead he made shadow puppets with his hands, and he could debate with his friends without getting upset. Additionally, he could read simple text and do simple math. There are different theories used to explain cognitive development.…
Behavioral Observations Student Information The examiner observed Ivan in the general education classroom. Ivan had his head laying on his desk meanwhile listening to the teacher instructions. Then he read a book and raised his hand to comment on the teacher discussion. A video of History was displayed to the group.…
Lennox was born on June 16, 2014. He weighed 8 lbs 4 oz. He lives in Tallahassee with his mother and sister. He was born at 39 weeks gestation. He had the diagnosis of albinism and nystagmus.…
He didn’t understand the concepts of conservation or seriation, but displays some natural curiosity by asking constant questions about animals, nature, and is curious about how things work. He’s able to do simple counting games and follow the rules in simple board games. In the assessment given by one of the Kindergarten teacher’s at 4 years and 11 months, they noted that his cognitive skills are age appropriate, such as counting classifying and understanding relationships. At 6 years old, Carlos is able to remember things, as evidenced by the fact that he can beat me at memory games such as Concentration. He’s also starting to ask questions about death and starting to form his own ideas about morality as evidenced about by his questions regarding the death of his fish and the fact that Carlos is currently bending the rules of games via cheating at times.…
He is academically strong and his achievements are above average compared to other children. He is also cooperative, enthusiastic and emotionally stable. This paper will focus on his verbal, logical-mathematical and spatial intelligence as well as…
Child development and socialisation are crucial facets that refer to the psychological and emotional fluctuations that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from acclimatization to maximizing autonomy. Jean Piaget was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development. The cognitive development was a progressive reorganization of mental processes as a result of biological maturation and environment experiences. [1] Furthermore, Piaget created a cognitive developmental stage theory that described how children’s way of thinking established as they interacted with the world around them. The reason for reviewing this literature was to compare and distinguish research…
Many parents put in a lot of work to ensure their children’s success. Other parents are less involved in placing their children in several activities to ensure their children’s success. What is the best way to raise children? What are some factors that affect child rearing? Several factors are known to affect how a child is raised, and determining a superior child rearing method is complex, with many pros and cons associated with each method.…
My virtual Child - Victor, is six years old now. Comparing his shy nature when he was at age of three, his personality become a somewhat outgoing child. His development of various skills meets with the standard of a preschooler. From his 2 years old to now, his development in different aspects have a great changes.…
The child that I observed for my second observation was Lissandro. The same child as my last observation. Lissandro is now 44 months old. I observed Lissandro at his home on the 22nd of this month around noon time. How he relates to me is that he is my best friend’s nephew.…
Arnie Grape, from What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, is an eighteen year old boy who is developmentally delayed. According to the Center of Disease Control, a developmental disability is caused by impaired mental, physical, and/or learning capacity (Boyle et al. 2011). In a twelve year study, it was found that males had a higher prevalence of disabilities compared to females; low income was also associated with higher prevalence of disability (Boyle et al. 2011). Developmental disabilities impact different stages of a child’s developmental life.…
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development Jonathan Kunz National University Abstract This assignment will briefly discuss Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. It will provide a brief history about Piaget as a teenager and his interest on working with children. It will briefly describe the four stages of cognitive development. It will provide examples of children in the Preoperational stage and the Concrete Operational stage in and out of the school setting.…
This video showed Direct Instruction, which is when a teacher uses a straight forward and precise teaching technique to teach a specific skill. The teacher usually stands in front of the classroom to present whatever information it may be. They also have a requirement of making a sound with their marker or pen. They do this to keep the children on pace as well as keep the whole classroom in sink on whatever may be going on. In this video there were examples of several different teachers at different schools using the direct instruction method.…
Vygotsky believes that schooling plays a significant role in the mental development of children; this essay will discuss the reason to his belief of the statement. The essay will be discussing the role of social factors in development through the explanation of number systems, the importance of psychological tools in the development of a child and the difference between school knowledge and everyday knowledge as well as how it links with the zone of proximal development. Social factors are factors that influence the development of the child through interaction with someone who is more knowledgeable than them. Social factors that play a role in the development of a child are sign systems which help the child communicate with their peers these…