Understanding Motor Development: Infants, Children, Adolescents, Adults
Author | : Jacqueline D Goodway |
Publisher | : Jones & Bartlett Learning |
Total Pages | : 453 |
Release | : 2019-10-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781284174946 |
ISBN-13 | : 1284174948 |
Rating | : 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A best-selling text, Understanding Motor Development: Infants, Children, Adolescents, Adults provides students and professionals with both an explanatory and a descriptive basis for the processes and products of motor development. Covering the entire life span, this text focuses on the phases of motor development and provides a solid introduction to the biological, affective, cognitive, and behavioral aspects within each developmental stage. The student is presented with the most up-to-date research and theory, while the Triangulated Hourglass Model is used as a consistent conceptual framework that brings clarity to understanding infant, childhood, adolescent, and adult motor development.