PSY 260 – Educational Psychology
Due Date: Points: Overview: Throughout your coursework and professional career, it is extremely important that you write in your own words. You will often be tasked with reading psychological materials and then to incorporate the content into a paper or other type of written or oral presentation. At times, the material you are reading might be quite technical, and it may be challenging for you to present these ideas in your own words. This is your opportunity to practice this important skill. Review the following websites to learn about summarizing:
- Purdue Owl: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
- Example of a Summary Instructions: For this assignment, you will:
- Read the passage (below) from an older edition of your textbook.
- Think about the main ideas contained in the passage.
- Make a list of four (4) main ideas contained in the passage.
- In your own words (no direct quoting), summarize the main ideas in paragraph form with a minimum of four (4) complete sentences.
PSY 260 – Educational Psychology
Textbook Passage: “Continuous theories of development assume that development occurs in a smooth progression as skills develop and experiences are provided by caregivers and the environment. Continuous theories emphasize the importance of environment rather than heredity in determining development. A second perspective assumes that children progress through a set of predictable and invariant stages of development. All children are believed to acquire skills in the same sequence, although rates of progress differ from child to child. The abilities children gain in each subsequent stage are not simple “More of the same”; at each stage, children develop qualitatively different understandings, abilities, and beliefs. Skipping stages is rare or impossible, although at any given point the child may exhibit behaviors characteristic of more than one stage. The contrast to continuous theories, these discontinuous theories of development focus on inborn factors rather than environmental influences to explain change over time.”
Summarize this paragraph in your own words and include the following reference citation below your summary:
References Slavin, R. E. (2021). Educational psychology (13th ed.). Pearson Education. Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write. APA.