Reference no: EM132378553

Assignment: Please submit you 2-page single-spaced summary. The reaction must be a critical analysis of the readings, with questions and commentary on their value.

The readings required for this assignment are:

Evans, G. W. (2006). Child development and the physical environment. Annual Review ofPsychology, 57, 423-451.

Bartlett, S. (1999). Children's experience of the physical environment in poor urban settlements and the implications for policy and practice. Environment & Urbanization, 11, 63-73.

Things to Consider:

1. Do the authors make clear why the topic is important?

2. Do the authors present relevant theoretical framing for the topic or study?

3. What are the central arguments regarding the relation of this "experience" to child development/adaptive functioning?

a. identify pertinent theories (how convincing are they?)

b. identify presumed mechanisms connecting experience / practice to development. (how plausible do they seem?)

4. What evidence is there to support these hypothesized relations? How consistent are findings? How persuasive is the evidence?

5. To what extent to relations vary by:

a. age

b. gender

c. SES

d. Culture

e. family configuration

f. geography

g. other environmental factors

h. other child characteristics

6. Is the sample used in the study limited in significant ways (i.e., in ways the limit how generalizable the findings are to other populations?

7. How strong were the measures of home experience? To what extent may the findings reflect differences in measures used across studies or measurement deficiencies?

8. What were the greatest surprises in the findings?

9. What were the greatest disappointments in the manuscripts reviewed?

10. How confident do you feel regarding the knowledge currently available on the topic? What are the key disagreements? What are the key gaps in knowledge?