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Spring, 2009:
85-423/723 Cognitive Development Syllabus Tues/Thurs 1:30 -2:50 pm - - - - - Room 342E Baker Hall Site address: http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/syllabus.html |
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NOTE: This syllabus was last updated on 1-30-09 when the date and time of the final were added.
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| Below is the Spring, 2009, syllabus for 85-423/723, Cognitive Development. The readings (but not the chapters from the textbook, Children's Thinking, Fourth Edition--except for Chapter 1) can be dowloaded by clicking on the appropriate link for each reading. You will need Adobe Acrobat to download and read these files. (To download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat, click here.) For some of the readings (Adolph & Berger, 2006, National Mathematics Advisory Panel, 2008, Kagan, 2008), the entire chapter or article is included in the pdf, but you only need to read the pages indicated below, not the entire chapter/article (unless, of course, you want to). Please note that Children's Thinking is abbreviated CT and debate question is abbreviated DQ.
For your convenience, a copy of the discussion questions for Children's Thinking will be handed out in the first class. You can also download them by clicking on the link below under "Readings" for 1-13-09. The questions you will create, however, should be posted on the Forum at least 5 days before the appropriate class. (To access the Forum, click here; login -- psyforum; password -- forum; put date of class in subject line.) For more details about the discussion questions, see the class homepage at http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/class-index.html. For more details about the Forum, click here for the Forum Info web page. If you have any problems downloading the readings or accessing the Forum, please let Dr. Siegler's secretary, Theresa Treasure, know as soon as possible by sending her an email at tt2p@andrew.cmu.edu. |
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Topic
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Readings
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1-13-09
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Introduction | Study Questions |
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1-15-09
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Overview 1 DQ-Pro: Christie & Lauren Con: Sara & Nader |
CT, Ch 1, 1-25 First half of Chapter One Second half of Chapter One |
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1-20-09
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Piaget's Theory 1 DQ-Pro: Katie & Rebecca Con: Sarah & Ilinca |
CT, Ch 2, 26-46 |
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1-22-09
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Piaget's Theory 2
DQ-Pro: Kye Hyun & Dr. Siegler Con: Aarthi & Robert |
CT, Ch 2, 46-64 |
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1-27-09
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Information Processing Theories 1 DQ-Pro: Christie & Lauren Con: Sarah & Sara |
CT, Ch 3, 65-86 |
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1-29-09
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Information Processing Theories 2 DQ-Pro: Nader Con: Can |
CT, Ch 3, 86-106 |
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2-03-09
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Sociocultural Theories of Dev 1 DQ-Pro: Nader & Sarah Con: Rebecca & Katie |
CT, Ch 4, 107-121 |
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2-05-09
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Sociocultural Theories of Dev 2 DQ-Pro: Christie & Jennifer Con: Katie & Sara |
CT, Ch 4, 121-140 |
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2-10-09
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Perceptual Development 1 DQ-Pro: Rebecca & Katie Con: Brian & Sarah |
CT, Ch 5, 141-164 |
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2-12-09
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Perceptual Development 2 DQ-Pro: Lauren & Jennifer Con: Can & Nader |
CT, Ch 5, 164-181 |
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2-17-09
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Perceptual Development 3 |
Langlois, et al. (1990) (Sara & Rebecca) Adolph & Berger (2006; pp. 161-171) (Lauren & Nader) Lynch, et al. (1990) (Katie & Sarah) |
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2-19-09
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Language Development 1 DQ-Pro: Christie & Jennifer Con: Can & Aarthi |
CT, Ch 6, 186-208 |
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2-24-09
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Language Development 2 Semantic Bootstrapping - Sara Connectionist - Aarthi Construction Grammar - Nader Basic Child Grammar - Rebecca |
CT, Ch 6, 208-224 |
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2-26-09
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Language Development 3 |
Johnson & Newport (1989) (Rebecca & Brian) Smith, et al. (2002) (Lauren & Jennifer) |
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3-03-09
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MIDTERM | To be held in Baker Hall 332P |
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3-05-09
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Memory Development 1 DQ-Pro: Lauren & Aarthi Con: Brian & Sarah |
CT, Ch 7, 226-246 |
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3-6 to 3-15-09
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Spring Break | . |
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3-17-09
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Memory Development 2 Encoding - Katie Storage - Brian Retrieval - Sarah & Aarthi |
CT, Ch 7, 246-267 |
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3-19-09
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Conceptual Development 1 DQ-Pro: Lauren & Brian Con: Can & Sarah |
CT, Ch 8, 268-286 |
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3-24-09
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Conceptual Development 2 DQ-Pro: Aarthi & Rebecca Con: Can & Christie |
CT, Ch 8, 286-304 |
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3-26-09
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Conceptual Development 3 |
Tager-Flusberg (2007) (Sara & Can) Taylor (1999) (Nader & Brian) |
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3-31-09
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Social Cognition DQ-Pro: Jennifer & Nader Con: Rebecca & Brian |
CT, Ch 9, 305-340 |
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4-02-09
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No Class Today | . |
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4-07-09
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Problem Solving 1 DQ-Pro: Rebecca & Sarah Con: Can & Jennifer |
CT, Ch 10, 341-360 |
| 4-09-09 | Problem Solving 2 DQ-Pro: Christie & Lauren Con: Aarthi & Brian |
CT, Ch 10, 360-380 |
| 4-14-09 | Problem Solving 3 |
Gauvain (2001) (Katie & Can) Goldin-Meadow (2001) (rotate pdf) (Ilinca & Sarah) DeLoache (2006) (Sara & Nader) |
| 4-16-09 | No Class Today | . |
| 4-21-09 | Academic Skills 1 DQ-Pro: Lauren & Jennifer Con: Rebecca & Sara |
CT, Ch 11, 381-400 |
| 4-23-09 | Academic Skills 2 DQ-Pro: Sara & Brian Con: Katie & Sarah |
CT, Ch 11, 400-421 |
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4-28-09
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Academic Skills 3 |
Brown (1997) (Ilinca & Christie) Ramani & Siegler (2008) (Aarthi & Jennifer) National Mathematics Advisory Panel, Chapter 4 (2008). (Just read pages 4.1-4.24.) (Lauren & Sarah) |
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4-30-09
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Conclusions & Challenges DQ-Pro: Lauren & Sara Con: Sarah & Katie * * * Paper Due * * * |
CT, Ch 12, 422-456 Kagan (2008). (Just read pp. 1606-1612 and 1619-1620.) (Christie & Aarthi) |
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5-04-09
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Final | To be held in Baker Hall 332P from 5:30 - 8:30 pm. |
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