Learn about the comparison between growth and development in a child. Comparison # Growth: 1. Growth does not continue throughout life. It comes to a standstill at eighteen or twelve years of age among girls and at twenty two years of age among boys. 2. Growth stops when maturity has been attained. 3. The term growth is used in purely [...]
The following points highlight the six main trends in motor development of a child. The trends are: 1. Mass to specific trends 2. Trend from large to small muscles 3. Cephalocaudal and proximodistal trends 4. Bilateral to unilateral trend 5. Maximum towards minimum muscular involvement trends 6. General orderliness of motor development. 1. Mass to specific trends: To begin with, [...]
In this article we will discuss about the educational implication of physical growth and motor development in children. Good schools and teachers should see that children have proper physical growth and motor development. They should provide for their continued growth in the school through useful activities and adapting its programmes to individual variations and gaps. To ensure this, regular medical [...]