Life span motor development

by Kathleen M. Haywood

Make it easy for students with little or no background in the movement
sciences to understand motor development across the life span. The fourth
edition of Life Span Motor Development contains more than 130 video clips on an
interactive CD-ROM, access to 28 downloadable laboratory activities, and other
features that bring the subject to life. The inclusion of the labs and video
clips into the textbook offering effectively replaces the learning activities
guide from the previous edition, allowing students to have one book for all
their coursework relating to motor development.

More reader friendly than ever, the widely used introductory text to life
span motor development is an excellent resource that leads students through the
principles, research, and applied practice of motor development from infancy to
older adulthood. It will help students meet the minimum competencies identified
by AAHPERD's Motor Development Academy as they prepare for the Praxis exam for
physical education.

Life Span Motor Development, Fourth Edition, continues to present current
topics in motor development from a unifying model of constraints approach. 
Students learn to improve their problem-solving ability by looking not only at
the individual but also at the environmental and task factors that may affect
growth and motor development. In addition, a life span approach has been
integrated throughout the text, illustrating the range of motor skills in humans
ranging in age from infants to adults. 

In the fourth edition, the material has been streamlined into 17 chapters,
and the following features have been added, making it more usable for teachers
and students alike: 
 Inclusion of more than 130 video segments
of developmental sequences on a CD-ROM that requires no registration or unlock
code
 Web access to 28 hands-on laboratory activities that present
opportunities for students to systematically observe motor development levels
across a variety of skills
 Learning activities in every chapter that
help students apply information to real-life situations
 Observation
plans for assessing motor skills via developmental sequences

The following are popular features retained from the third edition:

 Real-life experiences that are applicable to each chapter's
content
 Chapter objectives that list the most important concepts
within the chapter
 A running glossary of terms in the margin
throughout each chapter
 Assessment boxes to ensure that students learn
about evaluation techniques and instruments in a consistent
way
 Interactive reflection questions throughout the text to help
students master the material and test their learning as they
progress
 Concept elements that point out the theme of a discussion
amid chapter details
 Summary and synthesis reviews that help students
integrate the different concepts from each chapter into a constraints
perspective
 Discussion questions that provide a quick review of topics
covered in each chapter

This user-friendly textbook will appeal to students and help passive readers
become more active thinkers who understand how to apply information to solve
practical problems.

339 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1986

About the author

Kathleen M. Haywood is Associate Dean and Professor in the College of Education at UMSL (University of Missouri-St. Louis) in the Department of Educator Preparation, Innovation and Research.