Understanding Motor Development

Call no: 152.3 GAL 2006 

Edition: 6th Edi

Physical Description: xix, 524 pages: illustrations; 23 cm

Notes: includes bibliography, glossary & index

Covering the entire lifespan, 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 reader is presented with the most up-to-date research and theory, while the Hourglass Model is used as a consistent a conceptual framework that brings clarity to understanding infant, childhood, adolescent, and adult motor development.