Online Assignment #3: Young Adulthood

Purpose and Knowledge 

This assignment is meant to help students to gain knowledge & understanding about Emerging Adulthood as a separate life stage & also about topics in Young Adulthood which impact development.

Assignment Tasks:

1. Readings:  1) Rogers, Ch 10, pg 318-329 2) Arnett, et al "The new life stage of emerging adulthood…" (found in module "Readings for Week 4")

Answer 4 questions based on the Questions provided:

You must use numbers and bullets in your answer. Not doing so will result in automatic half credit.

See Example below.

Example:

What are 3 markers of emerging adulthood? (Clearly label and number your answers. It is not enough to separate your answers by starting a new paragraph)

The three markers of adulthood are:

1.

2.

3.

Failure to not follow this example will result in an automatic half credit of your answer.

 

 

Submit Format:

Submit the answers in the textbox provided.  Since Canvas does not have an automatic spell/grammar check, I recommend that you write your answers in a word document first.  You can then spell/grammar check your work Then, copy and paste your answers into each textbox.

Criteria for Success:

Assignment is worth 12 points. A successful assignment will include:

Clear headings or numbers in your answers

Each prompt is clearly & thoroughly addressed and shows evidence of material related to readings.  The best answers are when students use their own words and are not quoting sentences from the readings.  Use your own words to summarize the reading. You are not allowed to quote the reading. 

You must use numbers and bullets in your answer.  See Example above. Failure to not follow this example will result in an automatic half credit of your answer.

Minimal spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors and coherent writing.  Edit your work and double check it before submitting it.