Prenatal Development is a free resource site with interactive quizzes, videos, and detailed textual explanations on the physical, cognitive, and emotional development that occurs during prenatal development.
Type of Material:
Website & Tutorial
Recommended Uses:
This would be an excellent assigned set of reading, video, and self-checks for students taking introduction to psychology or introductory level child psychology, or other developmental courses where students first learn about prenatal child development. As this site involves introductory-level materials and is not expansive, it is best suited for lower level students, including high school.
The material could be reviewed material prior to a class discussion. The material also would work well as part of an online course.
Technical Requirements:
Learners need only Internet access via a web browser. The materials opened in multiple browsers (Chrome and Firefox).
Identify Major Learning Goals:
The site clearly defines the following learning objectives.
Describe the stages of prenatal development and the significance of prenatal care
Define and differentiate between various infant reflexes
Target Student Population:
College Lower Division, High School such as AP/IB
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
No prior knowledge is needed to fully understand this material. It is self-contained, including the readings and the embedded self-check quizzes.
An introduction to development in humans may be helpful but not necessary.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
The site demonstrates exceptional work on the inclusion of physical, cognitive, and social aspects into a brief module. The video feature explaining attachment is interesting--a bit unusual for a focus on prenatal, perhaps, but entertaining and a nice inclusion. The additional items linked for further reading as well as the glossary at the end are helpful for learners.
The content covers the stated learning objectives clearly: stages of prenatal development, importance of prenatal care, and reflexes.
Videos and quizzes complement the material presented.
Concerns:
None.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
This material can easily be linked into LMS's, such as Moodle or Blackboard.This module can be used effectively with or without additional instruction, and it will operate without faculty needing to individually grade items, including the prompts for short answer responses.
The material includes written explanations, videos, multiple choice and short answer questions with feedback that reviews the material covered.
Concerns:
None.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The material is easy to navigate without any concerns. The design of the headings reflects a consistent structure.
Embedded videos include closed captioning in English.
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Concerns:
None.
Creative Commons:
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