Understanding Motor Development

ISBN-10
0077433246
ISBN-13
9780077433246
Series
Understanding Motor Development
Pages
480
Language
English
Published
2011
Author
David Gallahue

Description

Understanding Motor Development, a worldwide best-selling text, provides students 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, c.