Exam 2: Understanding the Growth and Development of Children

Children are economical in running and walking.

Boys have an advantage in activities requiring:

During the elementary years, boys are generally:

Why must teachers understand that maturity plays an important role in dictating how youngsters learn motor skills?

Overweight children are less proficient at performing motor skills.

Children who feel incompetent in performing physical skills will usually:

The rate of ossification gives an accurate indication of a child's rate of maturation.

The endomorph is identified as being extremely thin, with a minimum of muscle development, and is characterized as "skinny."

The PACER is a recommended alternative to the mile run.

Why should overweight students' workloads be based upon time rather than distance?

Short legs in relation to K-2 students' upper bodies makes them "bottom heavy."

Children exercising at a certain workload perceive the activity to be more intense than do adults working at a similar level.

Which body type is identified as being extremely thin, with a minimum of muscle development?

Elementary age children who do best in activities requiring slow twitch fibers also do best in:

Offering a wide spectrum of developmentally appropriate activities helps ensure that youngsters will be successful regardless of their maturity.

Physical educators should never offer advice to parents and community leaders regarding sport activity programs.

In the elementary school years, muscular strength increases linearly with chronological age.

Growth patterns are generally controlled by genetics.

A safe exercise program for children should be based on opportunities to participate in recreational activity and:

Because the rate of growth slows during the elementary school years, this is an excellent window of time for learning motor skills.