As you study human life-span development, you will learn about all the factors that affect people throughout their life. These factors include physical, social, and environmental influences. While we

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6-1 Final Project Milestone Three: Conclusions Draft

The gap which I identified in the research articles is that research has been done on how prenatally exposed children are affected in terms of academics and problem-solving skills. Also, one analysis showed the areas to be addressed by educators to help their learners overcome the challenges. However, the research did not look at how educators can prevent the prenatally exposed learners from failing in their academics. I think that this gap should be explored in future research because a significant number of children have been prenatally presented, the teachers have noticed this deficit but lack the way to help out the learners, therefore, if this issue can be looked in, then the teachers will no longer struggle in helping out the learners. More so, the learners will not have to struggle and feel demoralized, and they will be able to achieve their careers.

The claims made by the authors in my chosen research can be used logically in informing future research into my identified gap in different ways. For instance, one of the articles states that teachers have identified the needs of the students that have been prenatally exposed but lack ways to help them. This, therefore, shows that further research is required in the identified gap to help educators achieve their goal of instilling wisdom and knowledge in learners and making a positive impact on it. Therefore, the logic behind the gap is to deliver quality education to learners from educators. Another way in which the articles will logically inform the identified gap in future research is by mentioning the challenges that educators undergo with prenatally exposed learners as well as the problems that the prenatally exposed learners experience. Therefore, raising urgency to help both the learners and the educators to curb the challenges.

In the field of psychology, the research will be vital because it will help in the study of development stages in prenatally exposed children. In psychology, the stages of development that are usually studied are those of children who have not been prenatally exposed. Therefore, the education system and syllabus are designed in a manner that is favorable to the prenatally exposed learners. Through this study, the field of psychology will expand by studying how prenatally exposed learners develop. Therefore, the stages of development, especially in terms of cognitive abilities as well as problem-solving skills, advancement will be made. Also, other aspects of development will be looked into. I also think this should be treated as a different branch because it looks at the marginalized children in society.