Publisher's Synopsis
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Mercer: Thinking Critically About Child Development, 2e
In this updated Third Edition of the previously titled Child Development: Myths and Misunderstandings, Jean Mercer offers 59 essays that confront popular misconceptions and fallacies about the field. Intriguing vignettes and critical thinking questions frame each essay, encouraging readers to think like social scientists and become better consumers of media messages and anecdotal stories. Timely topics and DSM-5 references make this book an engaging supplement for both chronologically and topically arranged child development texts.
Levine: Child Development: An Active Learning Approach, 2e
With its hallmark active learning approach, the second edition of this topically-organized text is the most interactive introduction to child development today. Dynamic learning activities in each chapter invite students to forge a personal connection to the latest topics shaping the field, including neuroscience, diversity, culture, play, and media. Using innovative pedagogy, Child Development: An Active Learning Approach reveals a wide-range of real-world applications for research and theory, creating an engaging learning experience that equips students with tools they can use long after the class ends.
Take a tour of Chapter 9: Language Development from the Interactive E-Book online!
