Synopsis
Study Organize Succeed Our S.O.S Edition for "Child Development: Principles and Practices" offers a personalized study and review system that helps students master the complexities of child development, save time studying, and perform better on exams. Our well-rounded program includes a paperback text with built-in, perforated Practice Tests, live tutoring assistance from our Tutor Center service, and access to our diagnostic testing and review system. Designed specifically to help enhance performance, this S.O.S. Edition's diagnostic testing system gauges students' prior knowledge of content and creates a unique Individualized Study Plan to help each student pinpoint exactly where additional study and review is needed. Students can follow the plan as a guide to focus their efforts and improve upon their areas of weakness with one-on-one assistance from our qualified tutors and/or by utilizing the printed Practice Tests. Additional testing features in this program help students assess their progress with the textbook material to reach their ultimate goal of success in your course.
Topically organized, "Child Development: Principles and Perspectives" uses a student-friendly writing style, intuitive design, and an active learning system to help students critically explore the many perspectives on child development. With the S.O.S. Edition tools, you have a powerful combination to help your students test with confidence--and complete your course with greater comprehension and higher grades.
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Child Development: Principles and Perspectives blends the most important ingredients necessary for you to succeed in your child development course. This topically organized book uses a reader-friendly writing style, intuitive design, and an unparalleled active learning system to help you critically explore the many perspectives on child development.
The text encourages you to take an active role in your learning and to think about children's development from a variety of perspectives. Through interviews, cases, and vignettes, you will gain a broad understanding of the viewpoints of people who work with, live with, and care for children, bringing this dynamic field to life! From the start of each chapter, you will actively engage in reading, questioning, and connecting information to your everyday life and the lives of others. The text's features uniquely work together as an integrated system to optimize your learning and memory.
The text is further strengthened by MyPsychLab, a powerful, interactive program which utilizes an electronic version of the text and a host of multimedia assets, all housed in one convenient online location.
“The special features within the chapters guided me through the material, preparing me at each step of the chapter for new topics and information.”
Sharon Feder, SUNY New Paltz (student)
“The writing style is clear and easy to understand, and the organization of the chapter is logical, flowing well from one topic to the next. There are enough details to keep me interested in the text, but not so many that I feel overwhelmed with information.”
Shannan Goff, University of New Hampshire (student)
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