Development During Middle Childhood: The Years From Six to Twelve - Softcover

Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Commission On Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Committee On Child Development Research And Public Policy; Panel To Review The Status Of Basic Research On School-Age Children

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309078296 ISBN 13: 9780309078290

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1984

Synopsis

For the first time, a report focuses specifically on middle childhood―a discrete, pivotal period of development. In this review of research, experts examine the physical health and cognitive development of 6- to 12-year-old children as well as their surroundings: school and home environment, ecocultural setting, and family and peer relationships.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Biological Substrate and Physical Health in Middle Childhood
• 3 Cognitive Development in School-Age Children: Conclusions and New Directions
• 4 Self-Understanding and Self-Regulation in Middle Childhood
• 5 Middle Childhood in the Context of the Family
• 6 The Peer Context in Middle Childhood
• 7 School Children: The Middle Childhood Years
• 8 Ecocultural Niches of Middle Childhood: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
• 9 The Status of Research Related to Psychopathology
• 10 Conclusion: The Status of Basic Research on Middle Childhood
• Index

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Panel to Review the Status of Basic Research on School-Age Children, Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309078296
• ISBN 13: 9780309078290
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448