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ECE 353 PAPERS Excellence In Study
ECE 353 Entire Course   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ece353papers.com ECE 353 Week 1 DQ 1
Important Questions in Children's Thinking ECE
353 Week 1 DQ 2 Addressing Bias in Intelligence
Testing ECE 353 Week 1 The Piagetian Model ECE
353 Week 2 DQ 1 Cultural Tools
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ECE 353 Week 1 DQ 1 Important Questions in
Children's Thinking     FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
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Childrens Thinking. Chapter One of your text
identifies the six most important questions in
the study of childrens thinking Are some
capabilities innate? Does development progress
through stages? How does change occur?
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ECE 353 Week 1 DQ 2 Addressing Bias in
Intelligence Testing   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ece353papers.com Addressing Bias in
Intelligence Testing. Daniel, an eight-year-old
child from a poor, inner-city neighborhood, is
given a traditional IQ test. One section of the
IQ test involves defining various words. Yacht
is one of the words that Daniel is asked to
define. Briefly discuss why the test
administrator should be cautious when
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ECE 353 Week 1 The Piagetian Model   FOR MORE
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Piagetian Model. There is little argument that
while not perfect, Piagets theories have had a
profound impact on the field of cognitive
development. Provide an analysis of his model as
well as the challenges to it. In a two- to
three-page paper, please include the following
components
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ECE 353 Week 2 DQ 1 Cultural Tools   FOR MORE
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Tools. Cultural tools shape cognitive development
and can include both technical tools, which act
on the environment, and psychological tools,
which are tools for thinking. Discuss Vygotskys
belief that language is the most significant of
the cultural tools. Do you agree or disagree?
Examine the given images of other
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ECE 353 Week 2 DQ 2 Educational Innovations   FOR
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Educational Innovations. Many educational
innovations, such as dynamic assessment and FCL
(Fostering Communities of Learners) classrooms,
have incorporated insights about learning and
development from the sociocultural theories.
Choose either dynamic assessment or FCL. Define
your choice, and discuss how it incorporates
insights about learning and development from the
sociocultural theories. Develop one activity that
effectively illustrates your chosen educational
innovation in practice.
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ECE 353 Week 3 DQ 1 Phonological
Acquisition   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ece353papers.com Phonological Acquisition.
Watch the talk by Patricia Kuhl, entitled The
Linguistic Genius of Babies. How do her findings
support language acquisition in regard to
phonology as it is described in Chapter Six of
your text? Include a discussion of the need for a
social context when developing phonological
awareness and why. How did your own social
context impact your phonological awareness?
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ECE 353 Week 3 DQ 2 Memory Facilitation   FOR
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Facilitation. Older children typically remember
more than younger children. Identify and describe
two strategies that older children use to
facilitate their memories. Reflecting on your own
personal experiences, what strategies do you
employ to improve your memory? Discuss the
relevance of strategies that facilitate memory
within the context of classroom instruction.
Share one instructional strategy that you feel is
highly effective for most students.
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ECE 353 Week 3 Journal Connecting to Classroom
Practices   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ece353papers.com Connecting to Classroom
Practices. In a one- to two-page journal entry,
write a self-reflection. What is the relevance of
this course to best practices in the classroom?
In other words, how can an understanding of how
children think improve your teaching skills,
particularly in terms of differentiating student
needs and abilities? Do you feel that you
currently utilize an understanding of cognitive
development in your own teaching?
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ECE 353 Week 4 DQ 1 Theories of Concept
Representation   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ece353papers.com Theories of Concept
Representation. Identify and describe one of the
three major theories of concept representation
defining-features, probabilistic, or
theory-based. What is the mechanism of conceptual
development in your chosen theory? Provide an
example (not given in the text) that illustrates
the mechanisms of your chosen theory. How would a
child likely respond to a given scenario from the
perspective of your chosen theory?
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ECE 353 Week 4 DQ 2 False Belief Tasks   FOR MORE
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Tasks. According to your text, the gold
standard that researchers use to demonstrate
understanding of belief is success on tasks that
require understanding of ones own or another
persons false belief (Siegler, 2005, pg. 318).
Young children often fail false belief tasks.
This finding has been interpreted in
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ECE 353 Week 5 DQ 1 Planning in Problem
Solving   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.ece353papers.com Planning in Problem
Solving. Young children often fail to plan, even
when doing so would facilitate their
problem-solving performance. Select and describe
one of the five reasons that children may fail to
plan given on pages 357-358 of your text.
Construct a classroom-based scenario that
illustrates your chosen reason. What is the
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ECE 353 Week 5 DQ 2 Learning in Context   FOR
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Learning in Context. Context influences
childrens performance in mathematics. This was
illustrated in Carraher and colleagues (1985)
classic study of Brazilian street vendors.
Describe the method and results of Carraher and
colleagues study, and discuss how the results
support the claim that childrens mathematical
problem-solving performance depends on context.
Do you feel that these findings can also be
applied to other academic areas?
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ECE 353 Week 5 Final Paper   FOR MORE CLASSES
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Twelve of your text identifies seven areas of
cognitive development that have been addressed in
this book perception, language, memory,
conceptual understanding, social cognition,
problem solving, and academic skills. Table 12.1
of the chapter also identifies the eight themes
of childrens thinking, in general, that have
filtered throughout the course of this text.
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ECE 353 Week 5 Journal Course Reflection FOR MORE
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Reflection. In a one- to two-page journal entry,
reflect on your experience in ECE353. Which
components of the course have influenced your
thinking the most in regard to cognitive
development? Identify one theory that had the
most profound impact on your thinking (either
positively or negatively) and describe why. What
effect will this have on your classroom
instruction?
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