Learning Outcomes

  • Summarize the overall physical growth
  • Describe the positive effects of sports
  • Describe reasons for a lack of participation in youth sports
  • Explain the current trends regarding being overweight in childhood and the consequences of excess weight
  • Describe Piaget's concrete operational stage and the characteristics of concrete operational thought
  • Identify common disabilities in childhood and the legislation that protects students educationally
  • Describe Erikson's stage  entitled Industry vs. Inferiority