Module Objectives:

The "Course Roadmap" button on the home page provides a brief introduction for each module. In addition to that general overview, each module in the semester also has specific objectives to help frame and direct our study together. You recall from the syllabus that there are Student Learning Outcomes for this course as well as Specific Instructional Objectives for this course. The objectives flow from and connect with the student learning outcomes and instructional objectives.

Learning Objectives: Module 9

Learning Objectives: Physical Development in Adolescence

Summarize the overall physical growth 

Describe the changes that occur during puberty 

Describe the changes in brain maturation 

Describe the changes in sleep 

Describe gender intensification 

Identify nutritional concerns 

Describe eating disorders 

Explain the prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of adolescent pregnancy

Learning Objectives: Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Describe Piaget’s formal operational stage and the characteristics of formal operational thought 

Describe adolescent egocentrism 

Describe Information Processing research on attention and memory 

Describe the developmental changes in language 

Describe the various types of adolescent education 

Identify changes in high school drop-out rates based on gender and ethnicity