Due: Final PowerPoint: 11:59 pm EST Sunday of Unit 7
Points: 100
Overview:
You have been working at the Willie Wonka Toy Factory for approximately 6 months
now. Your supervisor has given you your 6-month employment evaluation, which was
excellent. As a result of your great work, your supervisor has informed you that he has
chosen you to be tasked with developing educational toys for children. You are excited
about this opportunity and readily agree to tackle this challenge.
You are assigned to the Research & Development (R&D) Toy Concept Committee.
Your instruction is to create a prototype for a NEW, developmentally appropriate,
educational toy.
The committee chair (Instructor) reminds you that the toy is an organic, dynamic process,
therefore, it is not possible to detail all that must go into developing your toy or final writeup. What is written below is to serve as a guide to your open-ended, creative process.
You are the creator, the researcher, and the developer. You will take this project from
idea inception to presenting ideas for a prototype model. You are not actually making a
physical toy but are presenting the ideas in a PowerPoint written format. Pictures
and/or graphs should be included.
PowerPoint Presentation Instructions:
Your PowerPoint presentation should address the following:
1. Name and Aspect of Development: Name your toy and identify the aspect
of development (e.g., cognitive, linguistic, socioemotional, or physical) your
toy addresses. This should be a revised version of your unit 4 slides
incorporating instructor feedback.
2. Literature Review (A minimum of 3 slides): Find and discuss at least
three scholarly articles that provide relevant background information on the
area of development you are targeting (e.g., cognitive, linguistic,
socioemotional, or physical) This should be a revised version of your unit 4
slides incorporating instructor feedback.
3. Toy Description: Describe the novel toy you created including the
dimensions and features of your final prototype. Include graphics and/or
pictures.
PSY201 Child Development
Toy Project, Part 2: Final Presentation
4. Function/Developmental Relevance: What is the function of your toy? How
does it work? How does your toy enhance any aspect of development?
5. Marketability: What is the target gender, age, location, and any other subject
variables that apply? How is this toy necessary? How does it fill a void in the toy
market? How is your toy an improvement over existing models already on the
market?
6. Bias: Is there any bias associated with your toy? Address any bias issues
relating to culture, gender, abilities/disabilities, etc. How could you modify your
toy to meet the needs of other cultures, abilities/disabilities?
7. Conclusion: Provide concluding remarks including ideas for future
product improvement.
8. References (Slide): This includes the three scholarly articles and any
other resources used.
Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write
and again after you write.
Toy Project PowerPoint Grading Rubric
CRITERIA Deficient Needs
Improvement
Proficient Exemplary
0 points 12 points
Name and
Aspect of
Development
Toy name and
aspect of
development
not provided.
Instructor
feedback from
unit 4 was not
incorporated.
n/a n/a Toy name and
aspect of
development
provided.
Instructor
feedback from
unit 4 was
incorporated.
0-6 points 7-9 points 10-11 points 12 points
Literature
Review
Literature
Review is
absent or
provides
minimal and/or
irrelevant
information.
Instructor
feedback from
unit 4 was not
incorporated.
At least two
relevant
scholarly
articles are
discussed.
Discussion
provides some
relevant
background
information on
the area of
development
targeted; lacks
significant
details.
Instructor
feedback from
unit 4 was
somewhat
incorporated.
At least three
relevant
scholarly
articles are
discussed.
Discussion
clearly
provides
relevant
background
information on
the area of
development
targeted; lacks
minor detail.
Instructor
feedback from
unit 4 was
mostly
incorporated.
At least three
Relevant
scholarly
articles are
discussed.
Discussion
clearly provides
relevant,
thorough
background
information on
the area of
development
targeted.
Instructor
feedback from
unit 4 was
incorporated.
0-6 points 7-9 points 10-11 points 12 points
Toy
Description
Description is
inadequate or
missing.
Description of
toy includes
some required
elements.
Description of
toy includes all
required
elements;
missing some
minor detail.
Description of
toy includes
dimensions,
final prototype
features, and
function and
operational
details.
Graphics and/or
pictures are
included.
0-6 points 7-9 points 10-11 points 12 points
Function/
Development
al
The function of
the toy is not
addressed
The function of
the toy is
addressed, but
Description is
valid and
insightful;
Description is
valid and
insightful
Relevance and/or the
relevance to
development is
not provided or
is unclear and
illogical.
the statement
is somewhat
unclear. The
relevance
to one or more
aspects of
development is
unclear, lacks
logic, and is
not thoroughly
justified.
missing some
minor detail.
completely
supported with
details.
0-6 points 12 points
Marketability Missing or
does not
address all the
questions.
n/a n/a Addresses all
questions.
0-6 points 7-9 points 10-11 points 12 points
Bias Missing or
inadequate.
Potential
biases are
presented.
Modifications
are provided
but are not
appropriate.
Potential
biases of toy
are presented.
Appropriate
modifications
are suggested.
Missing some
detail.
Potential biases
of toy are
thoroughly
analyzed and
discussed.
Appropriate
modifications
are suggested
and justified.
0-6 points 7-9 points 10-11 points 12 points
Conclusion Conclusion
statement is
missing or
inadequate.
Conclusion
statement
lacks some
detail, clarity,
or relevance.
Clear and
relevant
conclusion
statement with
follow-up ideas
for future toy
improvement
that are not all
feasible.
Clear and
relevant
conclusion
statement with
feasible followup ideas for
future toy
improvement.
0-9 points 10-12 points 13-15 points 16 points
Clear and
Professional
Writing and
APA Format
Errors impede
professional
presentation;
guidelines not
followed.
Significant erro
rs that do not
impede
professional
presentation.
Few errors that
do not impede
professional
presentation.
Writing and
format are
clear,
professional,
APA compliant,
and error-free.
