Running head: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD

Periods of Development Fact Sheets: Middle Childhood

Terrance White

ECE 497

Instructor Sandi Levinson

April 10, 2015

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Periods of Development Fact Sheets: Middle Childhood

The developmental milestones of puberty and self-image become important in middle
childhood. Children are going through rapid growth spurts and many physical characteristics are
more defined. Children are able to determine many cultural differences in their physical
environments passively nurturing the nature of their physical characteristics are more influenced
by active, physical environments. Middle childhood is conventional to many other
developmental milestones.
Environmental factors explains the evidence of physical development. Berk (2014)
stated, During puberty, young people attain an adult-sized body and become capable of
producing offspring (p. 203). The physical characteristics are different in maturation of boys
and girls. Berk stated, Accompanying rapid body growth are changes in physical features
related to sexual functioning (p. 203). In retrospect, physical factors may support pubertal
milestones that determines sexuality and reproduction. The contributions to physical
development are distinctive to hereditary changes.

Middle childhood is a stage of various developmental milestones. Children are

continually making new discoveries where brain activity is idiosyncratic to gender identity and
behaviors. Role expectations provide an erroneous account of ethnic and cultural heritage.
Factors that affect normalcy are relative to issues that are detrimental to the childrens
environment. Many evocative patterns of learning exchange impacts of cognitive development
from this stage of development until adolescence.

Children are learning at a rapid pace. Children begin to understand abstract thinking.

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Berk (2014) stated, In sum, the heat of the moment, when making a good decision depends on
inhibiting feel-good behavior and the appeal of immediate rewards, the brains emotional/social
network tends to prevail, and adolescents are far more likely than adults to emphasize short-term
over long-term goals (p. 257). The responses of cognitive learning develops to support idealism
and criticism. Middle childhood also impacts decision making skills. Children that are
selfconfidence rely more on their sensations and cognitive functions of their responses to real
consequences.

Atypical developmental problems in middle childhood offers several issues to reciprocal

teaching and cooperative learning. There are several accommodations and modifications that
improves specific learning disabilities. Marotz and Allen (2013) stated, Developmental profiles,
or word pictures, are useful for assessing both the immediate and ongoing status of childs skills
and behaviors (p. 35). There are models to correct these issues providing functional learning
environment for children with atypical development and socializing their innateness and mastery
of abilities.

Family life shares the importance of many important emotional and behavioral
intersubjectivity to learning. Turner and Kelly (2012) stated, How parents communicate with
their children influences the quality and the content of their relationships (p. 119). The origins
of intimate, conflict resolution, and morals are determined from healthy behaviors distributed at
home. Ethics and cultural backgrounds also share importance to learning strategies developing
within middle childhood.

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Reference

Berk, L.E. (2014). Child development, 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson

Education, Inc.

Mossler, R. (2011). Child and adolescent development. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint
Education, Inc.
Marotz, L.R. & Allen, K.E. (2013). Developmental profiles: Pre-birth through

adolescence. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.

Turner, P.H. & Welch, K.J. (2012). Parenting in contemporary society, 5th ed. Upper

Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.