Chapter 13

1. This chapter discusses the cognitive processes that develop in several areas that we have learned in previous chapters. Since this is the last chapter of the book, I feel like it talks about everything that we have learned so far. For example, it discusses memory, metacognition, and language. In this chapter I learned that some skills improve as children grow older, while others decline as children get older.
2. I actually found this chapter to be one of my favorites out of the book. I think it is very interesting to find out when and why children do things. For example, a child who is 3 years old begins recognizing the mother and can distinguish her from a stranger. I thought that was very interesting. So overall, there is nothing in this chapter that I am unclear about.
3. Since I do not teach language at all, this is hard for me to apply to my teaching. What I would take into consideration is that if I become an administrator things that I would like to see. After reading this chapter, I think it is evident that it is easier for a child to learn a different language at an early age rather than later in life. I would like to see more foreign languages being taught in elementary schools. I do not think it is fair that some schools offer these classes while others do not. So hopefully one da, this will change and our students will be able to learn another language before entering high school.