Spring 2027

Human Development in Infancy and Childhood

Human Development in Infancy and Childhood covers normative processes and individual differences in physical, mental, social, and emotional development and behavior from infancy through late childhood.

offering recorded2–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ashley ReeceSamantha Macksey

Summary

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Past student reviews · Ferrine Spector

The course involved short quizzes, mandatory participation in research, and a final paper, with attendance required.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Summarize and recall scientific studies with infant and child participants

  • Differentiate and recall broad theories of infant and child development

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

  • Sophomore standing
EDPSYCH 320 used by

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  • Sophomore standing

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.67 GPA, 85.0% A/AB (n=160 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.95 GPA, 97.3% A/AB (n=147 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 95.9% A/AB (n=145 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ALEXANDRA PUK is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

AMY WAGNER is recorded teaching in Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ASHLEY REECE is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CATHERINE BREDEMANN is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

EMMA LAZAROFF is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FERRINNE SPECTOR is recorded teaching in Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HALEY VLACH is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HILARY RUNION is recorded teaching in Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOYCE HEMPHILL is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JULIE HUNT is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RADHIKA GOSAVI is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1200

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Catherine Bredemann, Ferrine Spector

Students found the material interesting and the class not difficult, with clear lectures and a supportive atmosphere.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.61 GPA, 79.8% A/AB (n=109 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 95.9% A/AB (n=145 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 94.5% A/AB (n=110 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Ferrine Spector

The course involved short quizzes, mandatory participation in research, and a final paper, with attendance required.

Past student reviews · Catherine Bredemann

One student noted that ample extra credit was offered and one exam was dropped from the final grade.

Topics

  • Normative processes and individual differences in development
  • Physical, mental, social, and emotional development and behavior
  • Infancy through late childhood

Skills

  • Summarize and recall scientific studies with infant and child participants
  • Differentiate and recall broad theories of infant and child development

Grades

Historical instructor

Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.09 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
EDPSYCH 320 · Spring 2027

Human Development in Infancy and Childhood

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
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Model & dataset provenance 
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