Chapter 1
Influences on Canadian Classroom Demographics
Immigration
Ethnicity
Religion
Socioeconomic Status
Types of development
Physical development
Personal development
Social development
Cognitive development
Parenting Styles
Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive, Rejecting/Neglecting
Disability
Is an inability to do something specific such as see or walk.
Surface-processing learning
Focus on memorizing rather than understanding
Characteristics of a Descriptive Studies
Survey results
Interview responses
Video or audio of classroom interactions
General Principles of Development
People develop at different rates.
Development is relatively orderly.
Development takes place gradually
Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory
Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Macrosystem
Handicap
Is a disadvantage in certain situations, sometimes caused by a disability.
Executive function links
Linked to self-control and self-regulation
The key question of a Correlation Study
What is the relation between two variables?
Lateralization
Lateralization
Erikson: Stages of Individual Development
Intelligence
Ability to acquire and use knowledge for solving problems and adapting to the word
Suicide Warning signs
Changes in eating and sleeping habits, grades, weight, disposition, activity level, interest in friends
Characteristics of a Descriptive Studies
Random assignment of subjects
Investigators introduce changes and note the results.
Cause-and-effect relationships
Plasticity
The brain's ability to adapt and change
Self-Concept
Individuals’ knowledge and beliefs about themselves
Deep-processing learning
a means for understanding underlying concepts or meanings
Asperger’s Syndrome
Condition in the autism spectrum where language is less affected; greatest trouble is with social relations.
What does a Single-Subject Experimental Design look to do?
Examines the impact of an intervention
Jean Piaget: Cognitive Development- Basic tendencies
Self-Esteem
Evaluation of self-worth
Person-first language (PFL)
The emphasis is on the students first, not on the special challenges they face
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Acknowledgement that autism includes a range of conditions from mild to major.