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Lifelong Motor Development,Sixth Edition, is a comprehensive, science-based text covering background, theory, and research in the field of physical growth and motor behavior across the life span, as well as the practical application of these concepts. The Sixth edition focuses on the notion that the study of motor development is the study of change. In order to truly understand the multicausal and complex nature of motor development, this book was created and continues with the goal of introducing students to not a single theoretical explanation, but the most prominent theories and views that underscore our understanding of change in motor development–establishing the Sixth edition as still the most scientific, contemporary, and applicable text of its kind.

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Author:   Carl P. Gabbard
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   6th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.780kg
ISBN:  

9780321734945

ISBN 10:   0321734947
Pages:   482
Publication Date:   23 June 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781292027906
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. AN OVERVIEW OF LIFELONG HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 1. Introduction to the Developmental Perspective   II. BIOLOGICAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 2. Heredity and Neurological Changes 3. Physical Growth Changes 4. Physiological Changes 5. Factors Affecting Growth and Development   III. PERCEPTION AND INFORMATION PROCESSING 6. Perceptual Development 7. Information Processing and Motor Control   IV. MOTOR BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN 8. Early Movement Behavior 9. Motor Behavior During Early Childhood 10. Motor Behavior During Later Childhood and Adolescence 11. Motor Behavior in the Adult Years   V. ASSESSING CHANGE 13. Sociocultural Influences on Motor Development   VI. SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES ON MOTOR DEVELOPMENT 12. Assessment

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Carl Gabbard is Professor and Director of Motor Development Studies at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, and a Fellow of The American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in motor development. He has published numerous articles related to motor development and physical activity for infants and children. Gabbard has co-authored and reviewed several major curricular documents for National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the American Heart Association (AHA).    In addition to being honored as the Southern District AAHPERD Scholar in 2003, Gabbard has received the Karpovich Lecturer recognition from Springfield College and the Margie R. Hanson Distinguished Service Award from AAHPERD. Gabbard is a former president of the NASPE (membership of 18,000) and served as Chair of the Motor Development section for the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. He continues to be a contributing member of the Motor Development Academy.

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