Ashford 3: – Week 2 – Discussion 2

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Memory   and Language

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Review the Linguistic Genius of Babies TED talk and read the New Thinking on Infant Development article from the Ashford University Library.
 

Dr. Williams has been studying memory and language development. During her research she discovers that infants as young as one month can remember objects presented to them if they reappear within two seconds. Fascinated by this, she continues to explore and discovers that by the time they are four months old, babies can remember objects after five seconds. She is elated at her discovery because she knows it shows the beginning of short-term memory, which is essential in language development.
 

For this discussion, identify two ideas that parents/caregivers can use to help facilitate language development in children from birth to 24 months.  Your post should be formatted as follows:  State the age range you have selected (birth to three      months, three to six months, etc.).  Idea #1: Your first idea should be something that just      about any parent could do that does not involve technology or money in any      way.  Idea #2:  Your second idea should consider today’s      age of technology.  Research various sources (computer programs,      toys, videos, etc.) that can help children with language      development.  Identify your selection (including cost) and describe      what it does in terms of either strengths and/or weaknesses, in relation      to language development.    Reflecting on what you have read thus far in Weeks One      and Two, explain what stage of memory (sensory, short-term, long-term)      your ideas best fit with and how they facilitate language. 

 Your initial post must be a minimum of 200 words and utilize at least one scholarly source (e.g., the course textbook, a peer reviewed article from the Ashford University Library, or a professional web source), cited according to APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
 

Guided Response:  Respond to at least two of your classmates who chose a different age group.  Discuss the ideas they shared.  Do you think their ideas were appropriate for the age group they selected?  How are they similar or different than what you shared?
 

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Ashford 3: – Week 2 – Discussion 2 Memory and Language

 

  Review the Linguistic Genius of Babies TED talk   and read the New Thinking on Infant Development   article from the Ashford University Library.
 

  Dr. Williams has been studying memory and language development. During her   research she discovers that infants as young as one month can remember   objects presented to them if they reappear within two seconds. Fascinated by   this, she continues to explore and discovers that by the time they are four   months old, babies can remember objects after five seconds. She is elated at   her discovery because she knows it shows the beginning of short-term memory,   which is essential in language development.
 

  For this discussion, identify two ideas that parents/caregivers can use to   help facilitate language development in children from birth to 24   months.  Your post should be formatted as follows:  State        the age range you have selected (birth to three months, three to six        months, etc.).  Idea        #1: Your first idea should be something that just about any parent could        do that does not involve technology or money in any way.  Idea        #2:  Your second idea should consider today’s age of        technology.  Research various sources (computer programs, toys,        videos, etc.) that can help children with language development.         Identify your selection (including cost) and describe what it does in        terms of either strengths and/or weaknesses, in relation to language        development.    Reflecting        on what you have read thus far in Weeks One and Two, explain what stage        of memory (sensory, short-term, long-term) your ideas best fit with and        how they facilitate language. 

  Your initial post must be a minimum of 200 words and utilize at least one   scholarly source (e.g., the course textbook, a peer reviewed article from the   Ashford University Library, or a professional web source), cited according to   APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
 

Guided Response:    Respond to at least two of your classmates who chose a different age   group.  Discuss the ideas they shared.  Do you think their ideas   were appropriate for the age group they selected?  How are they similar   or different than what you shared?