Assignment 3 - Lab Project for Adolescents

FEM 3101 PJJ

SEMESTER 1, 2015/2016

ASSIGNMENT 3 - LAB PROJECT FOR ADOLESCENTS

1.  Choose 2 adolescents (male & female) aged between 13-17 years old.

2.  Individual assignment (15%).

3. Submit report by 30 November 2015.

4.  Collect adolescents’ background information. (Refer to Practical Form 1)

5.  Make an observation/ assessment on the following dimension:

·  Physical development

·  Cognitive development

·  Socio-emotional development

·  Moral development

6.  Outline of the paper:

·  Introduction (including photo and personal information)

·  Main content (respondents’ development level based on analysis conducted)

·  Conclusion on every aspect of development

·  References

·  Appendix (All Lab Forms)

7.  Apply appropriate theory to explain respondent’s development

8.  Type your project paper using the following format:

·  Font type: Times New Roman; Font size: 12; Spacing: 1.5

·  Margins: top-1”; bottom-1”; right-1”; left: 1.25”

9.  Evaluation:

·  Introduction (15 marks)

·  Main content (60 marks)

·  Conclusion (10 marks)

·  References and appendices (5 marks)

·  Lab manual (10 marks)

PRACTICAL 1: BACKGROUND

Objective:

1.  To know your respondent better

2.  Rapport building

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Respondent’s Name : ______

Age : ______

Name of School : ______

Observer : ______

Date of Observation : ______

Respondent’s Information
Date of Birth
Ethnic
Religion
Sex
No. Sibling
Name of best friend (if he/ she has one)
Favourite food & drinks
Father’s Information / Mother’s Information
Name
Occupation
Income
Education level
Achieves/ ambition
Do you have computer at home?
Ever used a computer? What for?
If yes, at what age do you start using?
How often did you play games on your computer?
Name your favourite computer game
Hobbies / ______min/ hours*
______per day/ per week*
Ambitions (why do you want to be a ______?)
Address

PRACTICAL 2: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Objective : To evaluate respondent’s physical development level.

Task :

1.  Enquire/ observe respondent’s physical development and use the questions provided. Write your comment in the space provided.

2.  Observe specific activity (either structured or unstructured) that involves physical development (sport, recreational activities, gardening, swimming etc.). Write your conclusion on his/her physical development based on your observation.

3.  Make an overall conclusion about your respondent physical development.

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Observation / Yes / No/ Not Yet / Comment
1.  Changes in voice
2.  Changes in body structure
3.  Have reach puberty? When?
4.  Involvement in sports. If active, state type of activities.
5.  Involvement in recreational activities. e.g.camping, mountain climbing, canoeing etc. State activity.
Conclusion: Based on activities that involves physical development
Overall conclusion on adolescent physical development

PRACTICAL 3: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Objective : - To evaluate respondent’s cognitive development level.
- To observe respondent intellectual and creative thinking.

Task : In this session you (student) must:-

1.  Section A

·  Observe how respondent think? Is it based on their logical thinking or based on facts obtained from their observation and reading? Observe whether respondent are able to do abstract thinking and concept-building.

·  Observe whether answers given were based on concrete thinking or own sentimental values.

·  Report all the answers and discussions.

2.  Section B

·  Conduct Torrence Test of Creativity. To calculate the score, refer to Dr. Rohani Abdullah: Perkembangan kanak-kanak. Page 132.

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Section A: Items to be forwarded to respondent:

Questions / Answer (by respondent)
1.  Give the meaning of the following proverbs: “Seperti Kacang Lupakan Kulit”
·  What is the meaning of this proverb?
·  How is it correlated?
·  What is the significance of this proverb?
·  Give examples on situations reflected in this proverb.
2.  What is your favourite board game?
·  Why?
·  Does it have a specific rule/ regulation? How do you play it?
·  Do you need to think while playing?
3.  In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a good teacher? Why?
·  If student have problems, how can a teacher help?
·  Does your teacher always motivate her/ his students? How?
·  What can she/ he do if the class is noisy/ students are naughty?

Section B: Torrence Test of Creativity

Task 1: Observe how respondent expand/ develop his/ her ideas, THEN evaluate their creativity level.

Task 2: Complete the circles into meaningful/ attractive picture.

Write a conclusion on respondent’s cognitive development based on Tasks carried out in Section A and Section B.

PRACTICAL 4: SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Objective : To evaluate respondent’s socio-emotional development level.

Task :

Section A: Assess respondent’s relationship with family and friends

Section B: Assess respondent’s self-esteem. To calculate self-esteem score:

·  2 marks for every No answer given (except for Q4, 7, 9, 12)

·  1 mark for every Don’t Know

·  Calculate total score

o  A high score indicate a high self-esteem level.

o  Make a conclusion on respondent socio-emotional development, based on what you have observed/ enquired.

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Section A:

Task 1: Ask the following questions:

Relationship with friends

How is your relationship with your peers? (good/ close/ not good/ etc.)
Do you have a best friend?
Do you have a special boyfriend/ girlfriend?
What is your perception towards friendship? (negative/ positive)

Relationship with family

How is your relationship with your family? (good/ close/ not good/ etc.)
What is your opinion of your parents ? (nice/ fierce/ friendly)
What is your opinion towards your sibling? Are you close with any of them? Who?

ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE

The scale is a 10-item Likert scale with items answered on a four-point scale—from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The original sample for which the scale was developed consisted of over 5,000 High School Juniors and Seniors from 10 randomly selected schools in New York State.

Instructions: Below is a list of statements dealing with your general feelings about yourself. If you strongly agree, circle SA; if you agree with the statement, circle A; if you disagree, circle D; and, if you strongly disagree, circle SD.

1. / On the whole, I am satisfied with myself. / SA / A / D / SD
2. / At times, I think I am no good at all. / SA / A / D / SD
3. / I feel that I have a number of good qualities. / SA / A / D / SD
4. / I am able to do things as well as most other people. / SA / A / D / SD
5. / I feel I do not have much to be proud of. / SA / A / D / SD
6. / I certainly feel useless at times. / SA / A / D / SD
7. / I feel that I’m a person of worth, at least equal to others. / SA / A / D / SD
8. / I wish I could have more respect for myself. / SA / A / D / SD
9. / All in all, I am inclined to feel that I’m a failure. / SA / A / D / SD
10. / I take a positive attitude toward myself. / SA / A / D / SD
Scoring:
-For questions 1, 3, 4, 7 and 10 score SA=3,A=2,D=1 and SD=0: / Your Total / ______
-For questions 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 score SA=0, A=1, D=2 and SD=3: / Your Total / ______
Grand Total / ______
Score between 15-25 are considered average

Section B: Self-esteem Scale

Tick the appropriate section:

ITEMS / Yes / No / Don’t Know
1. / Does your parent like to hear your opinion?
2. / Are you always feeling lonely in school?
3. / Are the other students in your school bored with you and reluctant to be friend with you?
4. / Do you like outdoor games?
5. / Do you think that other children do not like you?
6. / Do you feel embarrassed if you are forced to speak to a teacher?
7. / Do you like to write stories or do creative writing?
8. / In school, do you ever feel sad because no one wants to play with you?
9. / Are you good in mathematics?
10. / Are there many things about you that you want to change?
11. / Do you feel stupid and embarrassed if you have to speak in front of other children?
12. / Is it difficult for you to do craft work/ wood work?
13. / When you want to inform something to your teacher, do you feel stupid?
14. / Do you always have to seek for new friends because your old friends are with someone else?
15. / Do you always feel stupid when talking to your parents?
16. / Do other people always think that you like to tell lies?

Write a conclusion on respondent’s psychosocial development:

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PRACTICAL 5: MORAL DEVELOPMENT

Objective : To evaluate respondent’s moral development based on Kohlberg Theory.

Task :

1.  Read the passage below to your respondent and ask the questions below.

2.  Observe:-

·  Respondent thinking process

·  Whether respondent level of thinking parallel to the level in Kohlberg Moral Development Theory.

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Answer the following questions:-

1.  What is your opinion towards Hamdan? Is his action right or wrong?

2.  In your opinion, what will happen to Hamdan when En. Zamri found that he helped Fuad?

3.  In your opinion, how will the other students react to Hamdan’s action?

Give your conclusion on respondent’s reasoning ability, and relate this to their moral development level.

Adolescents Lab’s Report

1.  Format Lab Report

·  Times New Roman, Font 12, Spacing: 1.5

·  Less than 50 pages (not included lab manual)

·  Bibliography in APA style

·  Report present in group

2.  Checklist

NO / CONTENTS / MARK (100%)
1. / Table of content
2. / Introduction-overall adolescent development / 15%
3. / 1. Introduction
1.1 Adolescents’ background (2 adolescents)
4. / 2. Physical development
2.1 Intro
2.2 Theory
2.3 Physical development (2 adolescents)
2.4 Comparisons between adolescents
2.5 Conclusion / 15%
5. / 3. Intellectual development
3.1 Intro
3.2 Theory
3.3 Thinking skill
3.4 Drawing (Torrence Creative Test) (2 adolescents)
3.5 Comparisons between adolescents (2 adolescents)
3.6 Conclusion / 15%
6. / 4. Social emotional development
4.1 Intro
4.2 Theory
4.3 Relationship with family, peer and self-esteem (2 adolescents)
4.4 Comparisons between adolescents
4.5 Conclusion / 15%
7. / 5. Moral development
5.1 Intro
5.2 Theory
5.3 Adolescents’ moral development (2 adolescents)
5.4 Comparisons between adolescents
5.5 Conclusion / 15%
8. / 6. Overall conclusion/ summary / 10%
9. / 7. References / 5%
10. / 8. Appendix
11. / 9. Lab manual / 10%