Child Development From Infancy to Adolescence- Vantage Learning Platform

An Active Learning Approach

FAVORITE SAGE VANTAGE FEATURES

Pedagogical Scaffolding

Builds on core concepts, moving students from basic understanding to mastery.

Confidence Builder

Offers frequent Knowledge Checks, applied-learning multimedia tools (including assignable video with assessment), and chapter tests with focused feedback to ensure students know key concepts.

eReading Experience

Makes it easy for students to learn by presenting content in easy-to-digest chunks accompanied by frequent Knowledge Checks. The eReader also features notetaking, highlighting, definition look-up, and other helpful reading tools.

Assignments and Measurement Made Simple

Feeds auto-graded assignments to your gradebook, with real-time insight into student and class performance. The highly visual reports show if your students are struggling and where they need the most help.

LMS Integration

Saves you time by giving you access to all course materials from one location. SAGE Vantage can integrate with your LMS providing Single Sign-On (SSO) and gradebook integration.

Simple Course Setup and Management
Enables you to set up your course in just 3 steps—so fast you can complete it in minutes! Additionally, instructor control over assignments, content selection, due dates, and grading supports the way you choose to teach.

Quality Content

Written by expert authors and teachers you trust, content is not sacrificed for technical features.

Student Dashboard
Offers a highly visual student dashboard for easy access to grades, so students know exactly where they stand in your course and where they might improve.

Greater Value and Choice

Affordable access to easy-to-use, quality learning tools students will appreciate.

Greater Flexibility
Easy to access across mobile, desktop, and tablet devices, SAGE Vantage enables students to engage with the material you choose, learn by applying knowledge, and soar with confidence by performing better in your course.

KEY FEATURES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT FROM INFANCY TO ADOLESCENCE, SECOND EDITION

• Enhanced Test Your Knowledge features include videos of students answering select true/false questions with follow-up commentary by the authors.
• Approximately 1,500 new references reflect cutting-edge topics such as the Zika virus and prenatal development, educational apps and children’s learning, selfies and narcissism, and transgender and gender-nonconforming children and teens.
• A streamlined organization of cognitive development chapters provides more continuity in the coverage of the basic cognitive processes: attention, memory, executive function, and social cognition.
•  Expanded coverage of cultural diversity, including topics such as intersectionality and neurodiversity, helps instructors be more inclusive in presenting a broad range of possible developmental pathways.
• Critical thinking questions at the end of each section prompt students to apply and integrate what they’ve read in order to expand their understanding of the material beyond memorization.
• Increased focus on positive psychology and positive youth development aligns with the field’s movement toward a model that looks more closely at the strengths and protection factors in development, which has influenced how professionals work with children and families.
• Continuity between chapters and topics has been enhanced through references to information from previous chapters or alerts for information in upcoming chapters.
• A hallmark active learning approach engages students in personal, real-world applications of research and theory throughout each chapter.
• Chapter-opening Test Your Knowledge assessments, revisited within the chapter, help students address common misconceptions about the field.
• Journey of Research sections illuminate how research evolves and informs new ideas on key child development topics.
•  Active Learning content demonstrates a wide range of activities, from actions students can try themselves to interactions with infants, children, and adolescents.