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Enhancing Cincinnati Children's Museum: Insights from Child Development Theories

Apply child development theories like Piaget and Vygotsky to suggest improvements for Cincinnati Children's Museum. Goals include student performance and support strategies. Results, adjustments, and future plans discussed. PapersSRL.

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Enhancing Cincinnati Children's Museum: Insights from Child Development Theories

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  1. Intro Psych Application PapersSRL Projects Jan – Jun 2008 Robin Lightner Raymond Walters College

  2. Psy 102 | Museum Assignment Use observations, theories, and concepts about child development (e.g., Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson) to make suggestions for improvements to the Cincinnati Children’s Museum.

  3. Goals • At least ½ of students will turn in papers for revision. • 70% of students will score in the top two levels of performance in each of the writing categories.

  4. Support for Students • Pretest-revision sheet • SRL exercise with examples in class • Goal setting sheet with check-ins • In-class article practice

  5. Support for Students • Brainstorming Results • Example of an A paper (with annotated explanations of different parts) • Due dates for parts (although a few vehemently oppose) • Grammar highlighting option • Audio commentary option • APA style mini-lecture in class • Grammar highlighting • In-class writing day (?) • Due Dates • Ticket stub, Topic, References, • Exhibit description, (2 pgs + Title + Refs) Jan 29th • Draft for audio Feb. 12th • Grammar highlight Feb. 21nd • Final Paper Feb. 26th • Weekly Goals for your writing process

  6. GOAL

  7. GOAL

  8. Results • Articles remain challenging! More scaffolding needed. • Student absences on key days a challenge • Students forget to include psych terminology/concepts • Too many students didn’t even look at rubric.

  9. Adjustments • Sources and concept inclusion need structuring • Shorten goal sheet/time frame • Show data from winter about audio comments • Assign self-ratings on rubric

  10. Psy 103 | Movie Assignment Using principles of social psychology, evaluate the movie for its portrayal of relationships.

  11. Goals • 80% of students would turn in appropriate references • 80% of students would pass the pre-paper worksheet. • 80% of students would earn a B or better on every section of the paper

  12. Support for Students • SRL activity, goal setting sheet, weekly check-ins • References activity • Worksheet for concepts and article summaries • In-class tone activity • Audio feedback on drafts • Grammar highlighting • Rubric self-rating assigned

  13. Support for Students Brainstorming options for help: Writing lab Audio commentary Peer review Conference Grammar highlighting Outline check Worksheet feedback Librarian appointment

  14. GOAL

  15. Up from 47%!

  16. Results • Didn’t meet goal, but students did okay on a more difficult paper this year • Article use getting better • Worksheet on articles/content = a keeper • Persuasion to use audio feedback helped • Self-ratings on rubric = a keeper • What’s going on with grammar this quarter????

  17. Conclusions & Adjustments • Paper explanations to be posted on Blackboard as mp3’s • APA style exercises • Article summary exercises • How much structure is too much? • How much APA style and grammar should I expect them to have or seek out independently?

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