Advanced Analysis of Motor Development

, by Haywood, Kathleen M.; Roberton, Mary Ann; Getchell, Nancy, Ph.D.

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ISBN: 9780736073936 | 0736073930
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Copyright: 12/31/2011

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Advanced Analysis of Motor Development explores how research is conducted in testing major issues and questions in motor development. It also looks at the evolution of research in the field, its current status, and possible future directions. This text is one of the few to examine motor development models and theories while providing a context for advanced students in motor development so they can understand how to examine and interpret research in the field.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xii
What Is Motor Development? Theoretical Perspectives	p. 1
Descriptive Perspectives	p. 3
Definition of Motor Development Study	p. 3
History of Motor Development in the United States	p. 4
Concept of Development	p. 5
Three Early Pioneers of Motor Development	p. 6
Stage versus Age	p. 14
Physical Educators and Kinesiologists in the Field	p. 14
Legacies from the Descriptive Perspectives	p. 15
Specific Contributions of the Descriptive Perspectives	p. 16
Role of Description within Motor Development Research	p. 29
Summary	p. 29
Perspectives on Perception and Action	p. 31
Indirect Perspective	p. 32
Direct Perspective	p. 42
A Resolution?	p. 51
Summary	p. 55
Systems Approach	p. 57
Model of Constraints	p. 59
Dynamic Systems	p. 63
Fundamental Characteristics of Dynamic Systems	p. 65
Applying the Dynamic Systems Model to a Motor Development Problem	p. 74
Summary	p. 76
Motor Development Research Approaches	p. 77
Research Designs	p. 77
Development Simulation	p. 84
Dependent Variables	p. 85
Anthropometric Measures	p. 89
Moving the Field Forward: Strong Inference Research	p. 91
Moving the Field Forward: Wohlwill's Developmental Research Schema	p. 94
Research Methods in Practice: Esther Thelen and Reflex Stepping	p. 95
Summary	p. 97
What Perspectives Do Researchers Use to Study Motor Development? Contemporary Research	p. 99
Development of Postural Control	p. 101
Theoretical Perspectives	p. 102
Early Development	p. 106
Rising to Stand	p. 114
Postural Control in Older Adulthood	p. 117
Summary	p. 129
Development of Locomotion	p. 131
Intertask Developmental Sequence	p. 131
Intratask Developmental Sequences	p. 134
Further Study	p. 151
Summary	p. 151
Development of Ballistic Skills	p. 153
Intertask Developmental Sequence	p. 154
Intratask Developmental Sequences	p. 158
Developmental Research	p. 175
Summary	p. 176
Development of Manipulative Skills	p. 177
Reaching and Grasping	p. 178
Interception Skills	p. 194
Summary	p. 210
How Do Practitioners Adopt a Developmental Perspective? Applying Research	p. 211
Atypical Motor Development	p. 213
Identifying Atypical Development by Understanding Typical Development	p. 214
Motor Development That Is Not Average	p. 215
Combining Theory and Practice	p. 237
Summary	p. 238
Motor Development Interventions	p. 239
Interventions in Typically Developing Populations	p. 239
Interventions for Atypical Populations	p. 244
Interventions for Children With Disabilities	p. 251
Summary	p. 260
Glossary	p. 261
References	p. 265
Index	p. 299
About the Authors	p. 307
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