Assignments

There are three written assignments: Evaluating a Research Paper (Assignment 1), Observing a Child (Assignment 2), and Assessing an Explanation (Assignment 3). The first 2 assignments are worth 10% of your final grade and the last one is worth 15%.

Assignment 1:  Evaluation: Neonate discrimination of smells

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    Download the Cernoch & Porter paper (you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader).
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Assignment 2:  Observation:  Language development

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    Download more specific rules about computing a MLU 
    Download background information about MLU and Language Acquisition (Barbara Pan, 1994)
    Note: A videotape of a mother-child interaction is available in the reserve section of the library under the course name.  

Assignment 3.  Assessing an Explanation

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