What's New

New features:

Link-Ups to Look For open each Part in the text and show students the important connections between domains in each period of life.
Landmark Tables wrap up Parts 2 through 6 of the text, providing a visual summary of the socioemotional, physical, and cognitive developments (or "landmarks") covered in a part's chapters. This feature is critical in helping students visualize chronological development while reading a topically-organized text.

Innovative Pedagogical Learning System unique to topically-organized texts helps students build upon their knowledge as they move through each chapter and test their mastery of the text content. Components include:

Guideposts (or learning objectives) begin each chapter by providing boxed, broad overview questions to help students focus on the chapter's key ideas. Guideposts are repeated in the chapter margins next to the corresponding text discussion and are used to organize the Summary and Key Terms at the end of each chapter.
Checkpoints appear periodically within the text to help students check their mastery of the material. These questions remind students to understand what they've read before moving on to the next section.
What's Your View? gives students the opportunity to answer questions geared to help them personalize the important and relevant topics and issues in each chapter.
Key Terms are defined in the margins for each student review, and are integrated within the summary of the guideposts at the end of each chapter.

Boxed Features explore topics in greater detail, and offer instructors the option of focusing on research, culture, social policy, and historical comparisons. There are four types of boxes in this text, and each box concludes with a Check It Out reference to a related URL.

Then and Now boxes demonstrate the evolution over years of our understanding of a child development topic
Science and Social Policy boxes demonstrate the connection between our research efforts and the way findings help to determine government policies regarding child development.
Something to Think About boxes ask students to review important research findings and apply them to real world situations and decisions
The Cultural Context boxes explore topics in child development as they show up in different cultures

Proven Features:

A personal, dynamic writing style appeals to students of all ages and backgrounds. Complex issues and topics in child development are clearly explained and illustrated throughout the text.

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