EXSC 6240 Human Motor Development

A study of the process of motor development and motor behavior across the lifespan. Observation and analytical skills will be developed in the locomotor, non-locomotor and manipulative skill sequences. Relationships among growth, maturation, motor performance and the person’s context will be discussed. Developmental considerations will be discussed with respect to planning and directing movement experiences for individual across a lifespan. Individual and gender differences will be identified and applied to movement settings. The service-learning experience consists of weekly instruction in a community based early childhood motor skill program or a senior recreation center. Academic concepts learned in class will be applied and utilized in the service-learning setting.
Credits: 3.0