CLASS REQUIREMENT # 4--TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION AND PRACTICE: An Annotated Bibliography will be developed including Four (100 word minimum) Annotated Citations. For An example of an Annotated Reference, please see below. These will be based on references obtained from the list of Language Development Hypotheses which are also provided below.
The first two of these citations will be obtained through Databases of professional books and/or journals available online through the CSUN Library as discussed in Class Requirement 2. These citations will be reported in APA format. Included in the annotation portion of each citation will be a paragraph of approximately 100 words which will address briefly each following questions:1. What is the background (authority) of the author (viz., degree and type of education, affiliated institution, history of research in the area as perhaps reflected by past articles in the bibliography)?
2. Who is the intended audience (i.e., professionals, laypersons, women etc.)?
3. How does this work compare or contrast with another you may have cited or be aware of?
4. What is the scope and relevance of this work to the selected topic (hypothesis)?
The Second Two citations will be obtained through the Internet using search engines provided online such as “Google Scholar.” These citations will follow an APA format as closely as possible, including the URL information. Included in each citation will be a paragraph which addresses the following questions related to, for the purpose of this exercise, the voracity of the Website:1. Is the site owner/manager’s identity available and is it associated with a reputable organization, company or educational institution?
2. What is the background (authority) of the author (viz., degree and type of education, affiliated institution, history of research in the area as perhaps reflected by past articles in the bibliography)
3. What is the level of objectivity? For example, are there advertisements on the site related in anyway to the topic?
4. Is the Website current? Cues to the contrary, for example, include broken or expired links and/or no posting date or updated notations.
5. Is the information correct; error free, verifiable, and/or backed by full citations?
· This annotated bibliography with 4 references, may be submitted as an attachment to an email message to the instructor, and as a back up measure, by being copied and pasted directly into the same email message text
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Information Competency Exercise: Language
Development Hypotheses List for Student Research
1.
The effects of
watching television for young children are detrimental to language development.
2.
The number of
siblings and their position in the family in terms of birth effects language
development.
3.
Increased
opportunities to experience (play with) many objects as a young child is
beneficial to concept (and hence) language development.
4.
Letting the
infant cry at night so that she/she will learn to sleep all night long is
detrimental to language development if not the psychological development of the
baby.
5.
Exposing the
child in the first five years of life to classical music like Bach and
Beethoven is beneficial for cognitive and/or language development.
6.
The more you talk
to a child in the first five years, the better cognitive and/or language
development will be.
7.
Children who are
read to (or who read) have better imagery and/or language development than
children who watch Television.
8.
A plentiful diet
of sugar based cereals, soft drinks, pastries, cookies, and/or fast foods, is
developmentally detrimental to a child’s ability to sustain attention.
9.
10. A baby, who immediately after birth is allowed to
remain with the mother rather than being immediately put in a nursery, will
demonstrate more vocalization in later months.
11. Babies who are not touched will perish at worst or
have diminished brain development at best.
12. Children who watch Television spend less time reading
or drawing than children who don’t.
13. Children with stay-at-home moms (or dads) have better
language development than those having parents who both work away from the
home.
14. Sustained middle ear infections among children from
birth to 5 years will have a detrimental effect on language development.
15. Learning to read and play music facilitates attention
(focused, sustained, selective, alternating and dual).
16. For the normal baby, being exposed to two, three or
more languages is simultaneously is a good policy for language development.
17. A persons first language can not be acquired after
puberty.
18. Parrots, porpoises, and/or primates do not acquire
language
19. Children have better eidetic imagery than adults
20. Syntax is only found in human communication.
21. (Wild Card) You develop a hypotheses and then do the
research for your report.
Grading Criteria, and The Dooms Day Due Date Deadline for all Class Requirements.
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The Annotated References will be graded on the following bases: To receive Full Credit a total minimum of 80% must be achieved:
o Relevance and style of the References (20%)
o Complexity of the topic selected (10%)
o Thoroughness of the discussion (40%)
o Writing skills speling, {just
kidding}--spelling, grammar, transition & organization) (30%).
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The Due Date: You can submit this assignment at any time up to the end of the
Semester. Everything is due by the date
of the final exam (not that we have a final exam) as posted in the
Semester Schedule of Courses. The due
date is also noted in the class Survival Information provided to all students
at the beginning of the Semester.
· PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS
ASSIGNMENT MUST BE COMPLETED WITH FULL CREDIT IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
2000 WORD WRITING REQUIREMENT SET BY THE UNIVERSITY FOR THIS CLASS. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT
DROP IN THE FINAL COURSE GRADE!