EIEC 1110: Continuum of Early Childhood Development Class Project Task Description This assignment is designed to provide students with first hand experience collecting and analyzing substantive developmental data pertaining to two children. Course concepts will be incorporated into a final report in which a contextually sensitive description of each child’s developmental status is offered and the two children are compared. Students are required to collect data on two children ( one typical and one atypical) between the ages of  3 and 9  using three different types of assessment tools (one of which is an observation using a checklist posted on Canvas). The purpose of the remaining two assessments is to gather information regarding each child’s background/history, personality, interests, abilities/talents, etc. which can be effectively integrated with the developmental status data. These brief assessments will be developed by the student and should be selected from the list provided below. Child interview self-report Child achievement records (if readily available) Samples of the child’s creative work (e.g., drawings or stories) Observation of parent-child interaction Observation of sibling-child interaction Observation of peer-child interaction Observation of child playing independently Parent questionnaire Sibling questionnaire Peer questionnaire Parent interview Sibling interview Peer interview Once the data have been gathered, students  will write a 3-5 double spaced paper integrating the information with course material.  In the paper, students will be expected to include a discussion of the following elements: 1) content and purpose of each assessment employed, 2) pros and cons of each form of assessment, 3) each child’s current level of development with attention to contextual factors likely to have played a role, and 4) similarities and differences between the two children. EIEC 1110: Continuum of Childhood Development Scoring Rubric I. Data Collection __/5 Evidence of adequate planning and preparation for data collection __/5 Evidence of attention to detail in data collection __/5 Content of data collected is relevant to the children’s current level of development __/5 Evidence of objectivity in data collection __/5 Awareness of pros and cons of methods adopted II. Child Summaries __/8 Adequate description of first child’s current developmental status __/8 Adequate description of second child’s current developmental status __/8 Adequate description of factors likely to be related to first child’s current developmental status __/8 Adequate description of factors likely to be related to second child’s current developmental status __/8  Each summary conveys understanding of key course concepts III. Comparison __/8 Similarities between the two children’s developmental status are thoughtfully described and at least 3 are addressed __/8  Differences between the two children’s devel.

1. EIEC 1110: Continuum of Early Childhood Development
Class Project
Task Description
This assignment is designed to provide students with first hand
experience collecting and analyzing substantive developmental
data pertaining to two children. Course concepts will be
incorporated into a final report in which a contextually sensitive
description of each child’s developmental status is offered and
the two children are compared.
Students are required to collect data on two children ( one
typical and one atypical) between the ages of
3 and 9
using three different types of assessment tools (one of which is
an observation using a checklist posted on Canvas). The purpose
of the remaining two assessments is to gather information
regarding each child’s background/history, personality,
interests, abilities/talents, etc. which can be effectively
integrated with the developmental status data. These brief
assessments will be developed by the student and should be
selected from the list provided below.
Child interview self-report
Child achievement records (if readily available)
Samples of the child’s creative work (e.g., drawings or stories)
Observation of parent-child interaction
Observation of sibling-child interaction

2. Observation of peer-child interaction
Observation of child playing independently
Parent questionnaire
Sibling questionnaire
Peer questionnaire
Parent interview
Sibling interview
Peer interview
Once the data have been gathered, students
will write a 3-5 double spaced paper integrating the information
with course material.
In the paper, students will be expected to include a discussion
of the following elements: 1) content and purpose of each
assessment employed, 2) pros and cons of each form of
assessment, 3) each child’s current level of development with
attention to contextual factors likely to have played a role, and
4) similarities and differences between the two children.
EIEC 1110: Continuum of Childhood Development
Scoring Rubric
I.
Data Collection

3. __/5
Evidence of adequate planning and preparation for data
collection
__/5
Evidence of attention to detail in data collection
__/5
Content of data collected is relevant to the children’s current
level of
development
__/5
Evidence of objectivity in data collection
__/5
Awareness of pros and cons of methods adopted
II.
Child Summaries
__/8
Adequate description of first child’s current developmental
status
__/8

4. Adequate description of second child’s current developmental
status
__/8
Adequate description of factors likely to be related to first
child’s current
developmental status
__/8
Adequate description of factors likely to be related to second
child’s current
developmental status
__/8
Each summary conveys understanding of key course concepts
III.
Comparison
__/8
Similarities between the two children’s developmental status are
thoughtfully
described and at least 3 are addressed

5. __/8
Differences between the two children’s developmental status are
thoughtfully
described and at least 3 are addressed
__/4
Comparison conveys understanding of key course concepts
IV.
Style
__/5
Sentence structure, word usage, grammar, etc.
__/5
Organization (within and across paragraphs)
__/5
Clarity
Total:
__/100

6. STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET
EIEC 1110 – CONTINUUM OF CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Name:
___________________________________________________
High School Attended/what city?
______________________________
Year in College: ___________ Did you transfer? _______
If yes, from where? ______________________
Major:
___________________________________________________
Address:
_________________________________________________
Telephone Number:
_________________________________________
Email address:
______________________________________________

7. How interested are you in child development?
Not At All
Somewhat
Very
Extremely
Please list your reasons for taking this course:
_____________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________
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Syllabus Contract:
"I have read the course syllabus for EIEC 1110, understand its
implications (and have sought clarification for those parts that
were unclear to me), and will abide by it."
Signed...

8. ___________________________________________________
(Student signature)