Chapter Objectives

Explain the physical changes that take place during middle and late childhood, including motor development.

Discuss the importance of exercise and the effects of sports.

Discuss the most prevalent health issues of this time period--accidents and injuries, obesity, and childhood cancer.

Discuss what a learning disability is and the types of learning disabilities children have.

Consider how the educational system helps children with disabilities.

Understand Piaget's theory of concrete operations, and examine how his theories are applied to teaching as well as criticisms of his theory.

Describe how information processing examines cognitive development, including changes in memory, critical thinking, and metacognition.

Discuss what intelligence is, how it is measured, and the difficulty in measuring it.

Explain Sternberg's and Gardner's alternative theories of intelligence.

Examine the controversies surrounding intelligence, including culturally-biased tests and the misuse of intelligence tests.

Discuss mental retardation and its two causes.

Explain what giftedness is and the characteristics of a gifted child.

Understand what creativity is and ways to foster it in children.

Describe the two approaches to reading and the effectiveness of each.

Discuss bilingual education and the positions of both its critics and its supporters.

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