01.502 CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT

PROJECT GUIDE

Summer 2005

 

Presentation & brochures due TH 8.18.05

 

 

PRESENTATION

 

 

Prepare a 10 minute presentation as if you were talking to a school related constituency--the PTO, faculty, students.  Your presentation should be informative and engaging and provide developmental information relevant to the problem discussed in class (any changes from the topics discussed should be approved by me).  Begin your presentation by telling the class what role we will be playing (i.e., who the target audience is) and continue as if you were addressing that group.  Visual aids may be used but are not absolutely necessary; you may also refer to the brochure you are distributing but your presentation must also be more than just reading the brochure.

 

 

BROCHURE

 

 

Your brochure will provide developmental information on the approved topic of your choice (following class discussion).  It is fine to have bulleted information instead of narrative text.  Graphics may be added but are not crucial.  You should list at least three reputable references in the form of places to go for further information; one of these should be to an empirical journal article.  Be sure to credit references through out your brochure when the ideas are theirs; simply stating Author (date) will permit the reader to trace the information via your reference list.

• It will permit detail while not being visually overwhelming. 

• Good brochures will reproduce well in black and white.  

• Keep it simple.  

• You can use MS Word.  Go to File, Page Set Up, Paper Size on the menu bar and select “Landscape” orientation.  You can then type “sideways” on the paper.  Next, go to Format, Columns, and select “Three” or the icon showing three columns.  When you want to start a new column go to Insert, Break and select “Column Break.”   More information posted.

• Use the sample brochure passed out in class as a rough guide.

• Additional resources for brochure creation can be found under on our website.

• Again, make sure to have one empirical reference listed as reference or a place to go for more information as on the poster.

 

All references should be reputable.  

• Two can be for public consumption rather than strictly empirical journal articles.  

• Web sites are acceptable if they are hosted by a reputable and professional source.  

• Examples include MASSPAC (the association of MASSachusetts Parent Advisory Councils for parents of students with special needs), which is not professional but reputable; and the APA (American Psychological Association), which is professional and reputable.  

• Stay away from personal or renegade websites.  See internet guidelines.

 

Indicate “Prepared by:   [your name or names] as a class project for 01.502 Child Development & Assessment.  Dr. Doreen Arcus, Graduate School of Education, University of Massachusetts Lowell.”  It doesn't have to be huge but must be clearly stated.

 

Please bring one copy of your brochure for everyone in the class as well as one for me.

 

 

MORE ABOUT REFERENCES

 

 

Make sure to list references on your brochure so that readers can track them down.

 

Use an appropriate citation style for print sources including books and articles.  You don't have to double space or have a separate reference page, but the citation itself should be in a standard format.

 

 

For electronic sources list the name of the website or a description in English and then put the URL.  Example:

 

Famous People with Disabilities listed by ERIC, Educational Resource and Information Center.  http://ericec.org/fact/famous.html

 

 

 

Be sure your projects are developmental in nature and not more appropriately suited to general educational practices or pediatrics or nutrition.  If you are interested in a physical disorder, for example, be sure to focus on the developmental & psychosocial aspects of it.  If you want to have suggestions for the classroom, be sure they follow the developmental background information.