Children and Their Development, 7th edition

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Organized topically and focused on practice, REVEL for Children and Their Development, Seventh Edition shows students the way scientists actually conduct research and study the discipline. A well-known and respected researcher in the field of child development, author Robert V. Kail provides a path to explore the theory, research, and application of modern child development from conception through adolescence. REVEL for Children and Their Development’s accessible writing, modular format, and application-based features are designed to work together to help students see how research translates into practice.
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Dynamic content matched to the way today's students read, think, and learn brings content to life

• Integrated within the narrative, interactives and videos empower students to engage with concepts and take an active role in learning. REVEL's unique presentation of media as an intrinsic part of course content brings the hallmark features of Pearson's bestselling titles to life. REVEL's media interactives have been designed to be completed quickly, and its videos are brief, so students stay focused and on task.
• Located throughout REVEL, quizzing affords students opportunities to check their understanding at regular intervals before moving on.
• REVEL’s fully mobile learning experience enables students to read and interact with course material on the devices they use, anywhere and anytime. Responsive design allows students to access REVEL on their tablet devices and smart phones, with content displayed clearly in both portrait and landscape view.
• Highlighting, note taking, and a glossary let students read and study however they like. Educators can add notes for students, too, including reminders or study tips.

Superior assignability and tracking tools help educators make sure students are completing their reading and understanding core concepts

• REVEL’s assignment calendar allows educators to indicate precisely which readings must be completed on which dates. This clear, detailed schedule helps students stay on task by eliminating any ambiguity as to which material will be covered during each class. And when students know what is expected of them, they're better motivated to keep up.
• REVEL’s performance dashboard lets educators monitor class assignment completion as well as individual student achievement. It offers actionable information that helps educators intersect with their students in meaningful ways, such as points earned on quizzes and tests and time on task. Of particular note, the trending column reveals whether students' grades are improving or declining – which helps educators identify students who might need help to stay on track.
  

Engaging Pedagogically-Driven Design

• Module Organization. The focus on a student-friendly book begins with the structure of the chapters. Each chapter consists of three or four modules that provide a clear and well-defined organization to the chapter.
• Chapter-opening Introductions. Learning Objectives and Vignettes at the start of each module introduce the topic to be covered, helping to guide students on important subjects in each section.
• Fully integrates Features. Special topics that are set off in other textbooks as feature boxes are fully integrated with the main text and identified by a distinctive icon.
• Self-Testing Material. Test Yourself questions at the end of each chapter confirm and cement students’ understanding of the chapter material.
• Highlights Key Terms. The Key Terms section lists all of the important boldfaced terms appearing in the chapter.
• Chapter-ending Summaries. The Summary is a concise review of the chapter helping students to recall important themes of the chapter.

Explore Research and Theory

• Reillarates Foundation Throughout Narrative. Four foundation issues, Continuity, Nature and nurture, Active children and Connections, are introduced in Chapter 1 and then reappear in subsequent chapters to scaffold students’ understanding. By occurring repeatedly throughout the text, the themes remind students of the core issues that drive child-development science.
• Illustrates Foundational Themes. The Unifying Themes feature links the ideas in the chapter to one of the major foundational themes.
• Connects Theory and Research. Spotlight on Theories examines an influential theory of development and shows how it has been tested in research.
• NEW! Examines Real Research. The Focus on Research feature provides details on the design and methods used in a particular research study. The easy-to-read, question-and-answer formatted feature closely examines specific studies, demystifies research, and shows that scientific work is a series of logical steps conducted by real people. New topics covered include: hereditary bases of peer relationships, links between maternal depression and children’s behavior problems, long-term consequences of temperament, and more.

Understand Culture and Development

• Firsthand Views. The See for Yourself featuressuggest activities that allow students to observe topics in child development firsthand.
• Examine Culture’s Impact. Cultural Influences shows how culture influences children and illustrates that developmental journeys are diverse. All children share the biological aspects of development, but their cultural contexts differ. This feature celebrates the developmental experiences of children from different backgrounds.
• Influence Children’s Lives. Improving Children’s Lives shows how research and theory can be applied to improve children’s development. These practical solutions to everyday problems show the relevance of research and theory to real life.
• Apply Research. Child Development and Family Policy shows how results from research are used to create social policy that is designed to improve the lives of children and their families.

Support Instructors

• Classroom tools. A fully equipped Instructor Manual is exclusively available for instructors who adopt Children and Their Development, 7/e. Resources include: learning objectives, chapter overviews, lecture suggestions, and multiple-choice questions, essay questions and discussion questions for each chapter,
• Pearson MyTest. This powerful assessment generation program includes all of the items in the instructor’s manual/test bank. Questions and tests can be easily created, customized, saved online, and then printed, allowing flexibility to manage assessments anytime and anywhere.
• PowerPoints. Organized around a lecture outline, these multimedia presentations also include photos, figures, and tables from each chapter.

Dynamic content matched to the way today's students read, think, and learn brings content to life

• Integrated within the narrative, interactives and videos empower students to engage with concepts and take an active role in learning. REVEL's unique presentation of media as an intrinsic part of course content brings the hallmark features of Pearson's bestselling titles to life. REVEL's media interactives have been designed to be completed quickly, and its videos are brief, so students stay focused and on task.
• Located throughout REVEL, quizzing affords students opportunities to check their understanding at regular intervals before moving on.
• REVEL’s fully mobile learning experience enables students to read and interact with course material on the devices they use, anywhere and anytime. Responsive design allows students to access REVEL on their tablet devices and smart phones, with content displayed clearly in both portrait and landscape view.
• Highlighting, note taking, and a glossary let students read and study however they like. Educators can add notes for students, too, including reminders or study tips.

Superior assignability and tracking tools help educators make sure students are completing their reading and understanding core concepts

• REVEL’s assignment calendar allows educators to indicate precisely which readings must be completed on which dates. This clear, detailed schedule helps students stay on task by eliminating any ambiguity as to which material will be covered during each class. And when students know what is expected of them, they're better motivated to keep up.
• REVEL’s performance dashboard lets educators monitor class assignment completion as well as individual student achievement. It offers actionable information that helps educators intersect with their students in meaningful ways, such as points earned on quizzes and tests and time on task. Of particular note, the trending column reveals whether students' grades are improving or declining — which helps educators identify students who might need help to stay on track.