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Lifespan Development in Context- Vantage Learning Platform
A Topical Approach

Second Edition


February 2023 | SAGE Publications, Inc

About Lifespan Development in Context - Vantage Learning Platform, Second Edition

An intuitive learning platform you (and your students) will actually love.

Lifespan Development in Context: A Topical Approach, Second Edition is offered in Sage Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support.  

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Chapter 1: Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories
 
Chapter 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations and Prenatal Development
 
Chapter 3: Physical Development and Aging
 
Chapter 4: Brain, Perception, and Motor Development
 
Chapter 5: Health and Wellness
 
Chapter 6: Cognitive Change: Cognitive-Developmental and Sociocultural Approaches
 
Chapter 7: Cognitive Change: Information Processing
 
Chapter 8: Intelligence
 
Chapter 9: Language Development
 
Chapter 10: Emotional Development
 
Chapter 11: Self, Identity, and Personality
 
Chapter 12: Moral Development
 
Chapter 13: Gender and Sexuality
 
Chapter 14: Social Relationships: Family and Peers
 
Chapter 15: School, Achievement, and Work
 
Chapter 16: Death and Dying

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Key features
FAVORITE SAGE VANTAGE FEATURES

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Features Students Love



Enables Easy, 3-Step Course Creation. Our simple interface enables you to create your course in minutes so you can focus on content. Just enter your course information, select your assignments and grading preferences, and review your settings.

Drives Student Engagement. An evidence-based learning design integrates text content with frequent multimedia activities and learning assessments to facilitate better student preparation, engagement, and learning retention.
  • A student dashboard offers easy access to text content and visually tracks progress on assignments and assessments.
  • Study tools, including flashcards and note-taking, highlighting, and definition look-up capabilities, give students all they need for class preparation and course success.
  • Assignable Knowledge Checks (with helpful hints) provide formative assessments after each major section of text content to reinforce retention of key concepts.
  • Critical Thinking Checks and Chapter Quizzes provide summative assessments at the end of each chapter to measure progress and long-term retention.
  • Assignable multimedia activities with assessment—including video activities—build critical thinking while consistently engaging students in an interactive application of text content. Focused feedback on correct and incorrect answers eliminates any guesswork in the learning journey.
Ensures Student Accountability. Auto-graded assignments feed your gradebook while instructor reports complement your ability to track student activity, assignment completion, and learning objective mastery. These real-time analytics provide quick insights into individual and class performance for tailoring course instruction to help you address the needs of struggling students.

Delivers First-day-of-class Access and Flexibility. With our 2-week grace period access, all students can use Vantage on the very first day of class. The flexibility to use Vantage on mobile, desktop, or tablet devices means your dynamic Vantage content will consistently be available to learners any time they need it.

Offers Best-in-class Technical Support and Training. Our personalized support for instructors, students, and LMS administrators facilitates an easy transition to Vantage and the quality service you’ve come to expect from SAGE.
  • Customizable Learning Management System (LMS) Integration. Our approach to integration empowers you to drive students to the content you want them to see in your LMS immediately following Single Sign On (SSO). In addition, automatic grade sync and full gradebook integration options can bolster timesaving, streamlined access to all your course content.
  • Dedicated Technical Support. We are proud to offer robust technical assistance from our team of SAGE educational technology experts based in New York. Instructors and students can access extended weekday and weekend support via phone, email, and online communication.
  • Live and Self-Service Training. Synchronous training sessions are available to every Vantage adopter and complement our full suite of self-service “how-to” tools. Guided walk-throughs of basic and advanced Vantage features and live Q & A discussions empower you to personalize your course design and determine how Vantage can best support your teaching goals.
KEY FEATURES OF LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXT, SECOND EDITION

New to this Edition:
  • New applied feature, Lifespan Development at Work, which introduces students to over 35 careers that are related to or benefit from an understanding of developmental science.
  • Updated with the most current research to date with over 2,500 references published since 2018, including about 450 published since 2021.
  • Expanded sections in each chapter to better cover relevant developmental issues, such as the opioid epidemic, transgender identity, spirituality, screen use, and the experience of discrimination.
Key Features:
  • Chapter-opening Learning Objectives are aligned to Bloom’s taxonomy and matched with key digital resources curated and developed specifically to facilitate comprehension.
  • Lives in Context integrated examples illustrate how our biology, cultural, lived experiences all are embedded in multiple layers of context, including family, culture, neighborhood, community, norms, values, and historical events. This key coverage is embedded in all sections throughout the text, linking to learning objectives, related core concepts, and to clear, real-life examples.
  • Career Connections featuring 35 careers rooted in developmental science, cover career pathways for students and highlight career contexts to consider at every stage of life.
  • Thinking in Context critical thinking questions at the end of every section prompt students to compare concepts, apply theoretical perspectives, and consider applications of research findings.
  • Apply Your Knowledge sections at the end of every chapter ask students to apply their understanding to address a particular situation or problem, reinforcing the book’s emphasis on application.
  • Robust pedagogical tools include key terms, summaries and end-of-chapter Review Questions allow students to easily revisit, review, and retain chapter content.
  • Available in Vantage, Lives in Context Video Cases with assessments spotlight individuals in every stage of the lifespan, allowing students to see theories of development through a culturally rich, real-world lens.

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