STEP 1: Review Module: WRITING
(NOTE: You may also look at examples in the media such as
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181023150036.htm)
STEP 2: Find four peer reviewed research articles that interest you in the field of developemental sciences. Some journal inspriation you may find under Resources Module. Using the writing module as a guide, write a 300-500 word public summary for each of the articles that you select.
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Resources:
American Psychological Association:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/dev
https://www.apa.org/topics/child-development
Cognitive Development Society
International Congress on Infant Studies
https://infantstudies.org
Let’s look at some major journals in the field of Cognitive Development. Spend 40 minutes (time) exploring current topics in each of these journals. You may want to do this in a group. There are five journals listed so that is about 8 minutes per journal. This is one of the best ways to stay up with current trends in the field of cognitive development. New articles are published several times a year. Remember to take a look at the authors of papers that you find interesting. This way you can look up additional work by these research teams.
Watch/listen:
Resources1CogDev
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwF4XNSeIJw
Cognitive Development
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/cognitive-development
Cognitive Development publishes empirical and theoretical work on the development of cognition including, but not limited to, perception, concepts, memory, language, learning, problem solving, metacognition, and social cognition. Articles will be evaluated on their contribution to the scientific debate, innovation and substance of the argument, sufficient sample size and methodological rigor.
Developmental Psychology
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/dev/
Developmental Psychology publishes articles that significantly advance knowledge and theory about development across the life span. The journal focuses on seminal empirical contributions. The journal occasionally publishes exceptionally strong scholarly reviews and theoretical or methodological articles. Studies of any aspect of psychological development are appropriate, as are studies of the biological, social, and cultural factors that affect development.
Developmental Science
Please note that may of these journals also include video abstracts. Take a look at many of the video abstracts available here. How might these inspire your final project?
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14677687
Developmental Science aims to represent the very best of contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience, both in the presentation of theory and in reporting new data. Developmental Science includes: comparative and biological perspectives, connectionist and computational perspectives, and developmental disorders. Developmental Science publishes work that bridges levels of explanation, such as from brain development to cognitive or social change, or work that specifically attempts to elucidate mechanisms of developmental change at one level. We do not consider submissions on aging, although studies on the effects of early experience on later development (especially those from a biological perspective) are welcome. Manuscripts judged to fall outside this remit may be rejected without full refereeing.
Infancy
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15327078#pane-01cbe741-499a-4611-874e-1061f1f4679e01
Infancy, the official journal of the International Congress of Infant Studies, emphasizes the highest quality original research on normal and atypical infant development during the first two years. Both human and animal research are included. In addition to regular length research articles and brief reports (3000-word maximum), the journal includes solicited target articles along with a series of commentaries; debates, in which different theoretical positions are presented along with a series of commentaries; and thematic collections, a group of three to five reports or summaries of research on the same issue, conducted independently at different laboratories, with invited commentaries.
Infant Behavior and Development
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/infant-behavior-and-development
Infant Behavior & Development is an international and interdisciplinary journal, publishing high-quality work on infancy (prenatal to 36 months of age) in the areas of cognitive development, emotional development, perception, perception-action coupling, prenatal development, motor development, and socialization using a variety of methodologies (e.g., behavioral, physiological, computational). Article formats include empirical reports, theoretical and methodological reports, brief reports, and reviews. Authors may submit completed manuscripts, Registered Reports, or Results Masked Review articles; please see the Guide for Authors for further details.
