Develop an assessment that will determine a child’s physical, cognitive, or social emotional development in early childhood. Specifically, you must address the following questions:
This assessment is designed for a child who is how old?
What type of development are you assessing (physical, cognitive, or social emotional)?
What is the specific goal of your assessment?
What materials will you need for this assessment? What type of space? What objects?
What, specifically, will you have the child do? What are the steps you will follow as you introduce the activity, engage the child in the activity, and evaluate the child’s ability to accomplish the activity?
What specific developmental concepts and/or theories are relevant? Describe those concepts and/or theories and clearly state what you expect the outcome of this activity to be (i.e., what should the child be able to do at this age?).
There is no minimum word requirement for this assignment, but an assessment that is less than 800 words (not including the questions) runs the risk of lacking sufficient detail.
***This assignment will be based on early childhood.
***Use CDEV by Spencer Rathus ONLY as reference ****
One of the jobs of a child development expert is to measure whether a child is developing normally (In Week 1 we discuss how the word “normal” is used in development to imply typical, common, or average). Has this child developed the skills they should have at their age?
To answer that question, an appropriate assessment is needed. An “assessment” is in many ways a “test.” It’s a tool used to gather information, evaluate performance, determine progress, and so on. Assessments in child development include step-by-step guidelines for engaging the child in developmentally appropriate activities that can help determine the child’s developmental level.
In each of your Developmental Assessments, you will be creating a plan that could be used to determine whether a child is developing as they should, i.e., whether their development is “normal.” This will require choosing a skill to assess, considering the best way to assess that skill, and considering the expected outcome of your assessment, all based on information in your CDEV textbook.
This also means that nearly anything discussed in your textbook has the potential to be a skill you can choose to assess for this assignment. If you are at all unsure about the skill you are considering assessing, don’t hesitate to ask your instructor.
It is not necessary to use any outside resources beyond your CDEV textbook and our course lectures.
To complete this assessment, you will need to download the appropriate worksheet from the Content area, complete the worksheet, and submit it to the dropbox. Here are a few suggestions for addressing the questions on the worksheet:
Objective:
The goal of your assessment should be to observe the child doing something that you assume, developmentally, they should be able to accomplish. You may focus on one skill or a group of related skills, just be sure your assessment is focused. Don’t try to assess all things related to cognitive development, for example.
Activities:
This is where you describe the assessment itself, the plan you will follow to “test” the child’s development, so you should be very specific about each step.
Relevant Concepts and Anticipated Outcomes:
Clearly describe the concepts and/or theories as if your reader has never heard of them, and clearly state what you expect the outcome of this assessment to be (i.e., what should the child be able to do at this age?). Remember to cite your sources.
