Do You Have a Developmental Perspective?

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Concepts Review:

Answer the questions below.

1. A second grade class is given a running test at the beginning of the school year and again at the end of the year.  Most of the children are running faster at the end of the year.  Are the children more fit at the end of the year? Are they more skilled runners at the end of the year?
    
2. An eight-year old boy throws a ball for distance keeping his trunk motionless (See the illustration). Is his throwing motion wrong? Should this eight-year-old's physical education teacher or coach show him how to throw correctly?
    
3. Will an 18 year-old college student who has an immature throwing pattern learn to hit a full motion top-spin tennis serve in an 8-week class?
    
4. A soccer unit planned for 6th graders is used for 8th graders with very little adjustment.  Is this a developmentally appropriate practice?
    
5. Will 4th grade students who can perform soccer dribble, kick, and pass skills during drills be able to able to play a game successfully?
    
6. Some 7th graders in your classes are very good at playing full-court basketball games.  Other students are not.  To keep the well-skilled students challenged, should you have everyone play a full-court game during part of the class period?
    
7. Will a young child learn to swim more easily than an adult?
    
8. Is it easier to teach an elementary child new skills than it is a teenager?
    
9. Do older adults learn motor skills more slowly than children or younger adults ?