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UPDATED: A more extensive examination of dual-language learners includes newly discovered advancements in how young children from bilingual homes learn and develop. Practical, hands-on applications. NEW: Applying Chapter Ideas features are included at the end of each chapter to provide real-world, hands-on exercises along with questions to ponder related to those exercises. Child Guidance features offer research-based methods to enrich children''s physical, cognitive, social, emotional, or linguistic development. Research into Practice sections describe practical classroom and parenting applications. Assessing Young Children features help professionals interpret the behavior of young children and use this information to plan programs, guide interactions, and enrich development. Classroom Adaptations features provide practical ideas for adapting classroom space, materials, curricula, and adult interactions for children with special needs. The Media features examine the influence of television and computers on young children''s development, with recent research suggesting recommendations for teachers and parents.
Integrated atypical development and special education topics. Core development chapters include special education and atypical development topics to assist professionals in understanding and appreciating the characteristics of children with challenging conditions. NEW: Chapter-opening learning objectives. Learning objectives detail the concepts that the chapter will present. Each objective is tied to a main section of the text, helping students structure their reading and study. Current research. UPDATED: Recent research in neuroscience is presented, which helps us better understand how children think, learn, feel, and behave. UPDATED: The book contains discussions of more than 400 new research studies and articles on early childhood development that have been published since the last edition.
Advocacy and key public policy issues related to child development. Advocacy and Public Policy features present key public policy issues for each level and domain of development as well as examples and suggestions for how professionals can integrate advocacy into their practice. Benefits of creating a Pearson eText course Share highlights and notes with students. Add your personal teaching style to important topics, call out need-to-know information, or clarify difficult concepts directly in the eText. Access reading analytics. Use the dashboard to gain insight into how students are working in their eText to plan more effective instruction in and out of class. Schedule readings. Add due dates so that students know exactly what to read to come to class prepared.
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