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 Student Project

Computer Based Presentation of a Case Study

- 10% of course grade - Students will prepare a computer based presentation which could be used to present to the class a case study on an individual (The student may do the study on themselves if they wish). This case study will be a descriptive study. The theoretical perspective will focus primarily on the individual development, cognitive behavior, personality, learning & disability, & interpersonal interactions of a particular person. The student should reach some conclusion as to the "normalcy" of the person under study.

Performance elements for the evaluation of the case study follow:
 
 •  The student's project will be done using computer based presentation software such as Microsoft's Power Point. The presentation will be displayed using a College provided PC running  a Microsoft operating system. The Student's project will be stored on the student's personal flash drive not on a floppy, CD, or in an E-mail file. Note: There are Power Point  Problems when Apple developed presentations are displayed on a PC! Quicktime-compressed images won't work on the PC. Don't copy/paste images into an Apple PowerPoint. Use Insert, Picture, From File instead to fix this. Always use JPG or PNG formats for images. You should check that your presentation runs correctly on a College Laboratory PC before making your presentation.
 
Ψ  The student’s case study follows general ethical precautions by:
 
      •  doing no harm to the case study's subject.
       •  securing informed consent from the case study's subject.
        •  explaining the procedures used to the case study's subject.
         •  keeping confidential all personal information not expressly
            released by the case study's subject.
 
 •  The student's presentation will be original in its "look & feel".
 •  The student’s presentation will be well thought out & will be logically organized.
 •  The student will address development in the Biosocial, Cognitive, & Psychosocial domains.
 •  The student uses personal observations in support of the conclusions reached.
 •  The student's computer based presentation will contain enough material to support a 5 minute oral presentation.
 •  The student uses charts & graphs properly in support of the conclusions reached.
 •  The student uses at least 3 sources (See case study evaluation form.) other than the text in support of the conclusions reached.
 •  The student uses various psychological test results in support of the conclusions reached.
 
Ψ  Note: Student’s may/should use the various free tests available on the internet as rough approximations of their case study’s subject's attributes.