HUMAN KINETICSExamine motor development

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Classic text introduces accessible explanations of motor development conceptsAudiences: A textbook for undergraduate courses on motor development. Also a reference for researchers in motor behavior and motor development.

Life Span Motor Development, Sixth Edition With Web Study Guide, uses the model of constraints in discussing reasons for changes in movement throughout the life span. This updated edition encourages students to observe and examine how the interactions of the individual, environment, and task affect changes in a person’s movements, while focusing more heavily on assessment than previous editions. The principles of motor development are presented in a clear and accessible manner so that even readers with minimal movement science background will comprehend the material.

New to this edition, lab activity record sheets and questions are available as fillable documents within the web study guide so that students can complete and submit them electronically, resulting in increased efficiency and reduced paperwork for instructors. In several labs, guided assessments teach students to observe video and categorize movements accurately. These assessments cue students to look at particular parts of the movement and guide students through questions, answers, and feedback. Then students are provided opportunities for unguided assessments via video clips or live observation, putting into practice what they have learned in the guided assessments.

As in past editions, students get a clear understanding of how maturational age and chronological age are distinct, and how functional constraints affect motor skill development and learning. It also covers normal and abnormal developmental issues across the full life span, but especially in the formative years. The text shows how the four components of physical fitness interact to affect a person’s movements over the life span. It also describes how relevant social, cultural, psychosocial, and cognitive influences can affect a person’s movements. Significant updates focus on assessment, including new figures that help to explain in detail the functional constraints approach to assessment. Life Span Motor Development, Sixth Edition With Web Study GuideKathleen M. Haywood, PhD, and Nancy Getchell, PhD ©2014 • Hardback • 472 pp Print: ISBN 978-1-4504-5699-9 • $109.00 (£73.99 UK, €96.20 EURO)E-book: ISBN 978-1-4504-9615-5 • $60.00 (£40.99 UK, €53.30 EURO)

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• A new full-color interior, that provides for a more engaging presentation of the material.

• Updated research, including Generation R studies and research connecting fitness and motor skills.

• An instructor guide that includes recommendations on how to use the lab activities in the web study guide, both in and out of class.

• An improved web study guide, featuring revised lab activities and more than 100 new video clips.

• Learning exercises that were previously part of the web resource have been moved to the book to allow the video-rich lab activities to occupy students’ learning time when they are online.

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Ancillaries All ancillary materials for this text are FREE to course adopters and available at www.HumanKinetics.com/LifeSpanMotorDevelopment.

Instructor guide. Includes chapter overviews, tips for effectively using learning experiences and lab activities in the classroom, supplemental class activities, suggested background readings, and an answer key to all the lab activities.

Test package. Includes more than 550 questions in true-or-false, fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice, essay, and short-answer formats.

Presentation package plus image bank. Includes more than 480 slides of text, photos, and artwork from the book, as well as 40 video clips that instructors can use for class discussion and presentation. Plus, the image bank includes most of the figures, content photos, and tables from the text, sorted by chapter, that can be used to develop a customized presentation based on specific course requirements.

Chapter quizzes. Separate from the test package, each chapter quiz will help instructors assess students’ comprehension of the most important concepts in the chapter. Each quiz contains 10 questions, and can be downloaded into learning management systems.

Part I. Introduction to Motor Development

Chapter 1. Fundamental ConceptsChapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives in Motor

DevelopmentChapter 3. Principles of Motion and Stability

Part II. Physical Growth and Aging

Chapter 4. Physical Growth, Maturation, and AgingChapter 5. Development and Aging of Body Systems

Part III. Development of Motor Skills Across the Life Span

Chapter 6. Early Motor DevelopmentChapter 7. Development of Human LocomotionChapter 8. Development of Ballistic SkillsChapter 9. Development of Manipulative Skills

Part IV. Perceptual-Motor Development

Chapter 10. Sensory-Perceptual DevelopmentChapter 11. Perception and Action in Development

Part V. Functional Constraints to Motor Development

Chapter 12. Social and Cultural Constraints in Motor Development

Chapter 13. Psychosocial Constraints in Motor Development

Chapter 14. Knowledge as Functional Constraint in Motor Development

Part VI. Interaction of Exercise and Structural Constraints

Chapter 15. Development of Cardiorespiratory Endurance

Chapter 16. Development of Strength and FlexibilityChapter 17. Development of Body CompositionChapter 18. Conclusion: Interactions Among

Constraints

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New full-color interior provides for a more engaging presentation of the material

Learning exercises have been moved into the text, reinforcing material covered in the chapter

Web study guide with lab activities Includes 40 lab activities that can be filled in online and printed or e-mailed, and more than 200 video clips with footage focusing on infants, toddlers, young children, adolescents, and adults performing fundamental motor skills. Many of the videos have been updated from the previous online student resource, including a comprehensive video diary of the first 9 months of an infant’s life. The lab activities and study guide will give the reader an opportunity to interact with motor skills in real time to help them apply concepts from the book, and provide a more integrated learning experience between book and online resource.

The web study guide is also available for purchase separately ISBN 978-1-4504-7190-9

• An improved web study guide offers a principles-to-application exercise and multiple interactive activities for each chapter, ensuring that students will be able to transfer core content from the book to various applied settings.

• A full-color interior provides a more engaging presentation.

• Focus on Research and Focus on Application sidebars deliver more detailed research information and make connections to real-world applications in areas such as teaching, coaching, and therapy.

• Updates to instructor ancillaries feature the addition of lab activities to the instructor guide and new chapter quizzes that assess students’ mastery of the most important concepts covered in the textbook.

• Pedagogical aids such as learning objectives, glossary of terms, and Check Your Understanding questions throughout help students stay on track with learning in each chapter.

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Ancillaries All ancillary materials for this text are FREE to course adopters and available at www.HumanKinetics.com/MotorLearningAndPerformance. Web study guide • Instructor guide Test package • Chapter quizzes Presentation package plus image bank

Explore an engaging introduction to motor skill learningAudiences: Introductory textbook for courses in motor learning, motor performance, and motor behavior.

Motor Learning and Performance: From Principles to Application, Fifth Edition With Web Study Guide, describes the principles of motor performance and learning in a style that is accessible even to students with little or no knowledge of physiology, psychology, statistical methods, and other basic sciences. Constructing an easy-to-understand conceptual model of motor performance along the way, this text outlines the principles of motor skill learning, building a strong understanding of how skills are acquired and perfected with practice and showing students how to apply the concepts to a variety of real-world settings. Incorporating familiar scenarios brings the material to life for students, leading to better retention of information and greater interest in practical application of motor performance and learning in their everyday lives and future careers.

The fifth edition of Motor Learning and Performance features a more streamlined organization, with practice situations integrated directly into chapters rather than appearing at the end of the text, facilitating a stronger link between principles derived from research and practical applications. The addition of author Timothy Lee adds a fresh perspective to the text.

Motor Learning and Performance, Fifth Edition, provides optimal student comprehension, offering a strong conceptual understanding of skills and then building on this with the intricacies of skilled motor performance. Part I investigates the principles of human performance, progressively developing a conceptual model of human actions. The focus is mainly on human performance as based on an information-processing perspective. In part II, the text uses the conceptual model to impart an understanding of human motor learning processes. The presentation style remains simple and straightforward for those without extensive backgrounds in motor performance.Motor Learning and Performance: From Principles to Application, Fifth Edition With Web Study GuideRichard A. Schmidt, PhD, and Timothy D. Lee, PhD©2014 • Hardback • 336 pp Print: ISBN 978-1-4504-4361-6 • $93.00 (£62.99 UK, €81.90 EURO)E-book: ISBN 978-1-4504-6867-1 • $51.00 (£34.99 UK, €45.50 EURO)

Chapter 1. Introduction to Motor Learning and Performance: How Skills Are Studied Why Study Motor Skills?

Part I: Principles of Human Skilled Performance

Chapter 2. Processing Information and Making Decisions: The Mental Side of Human Performance

Chapter 3. Attention and Performance: Limitations on Information ProcessingChapter 4.  Sensory Contributions to Skilled Performance: Feedback Processing in

Motor ControlChapter 5.  Motor Programs: Motor Control of Brief ActionsChapter 6. Principles of Speed, Accuracy, and Coordination: Controlling and Timing

Movements

Chapter 7.  Individual Differences: How People Differ in Their Performance Capabilities

Part II: Principles of Skill Learning

Chapter 8.  Introduction to Motor Learning: Concepts and Methods in Research and Application

Chapter 9.  Skill Acquisition, Retention, and Transfer: How Expertise is GainedChapter 10.  Organizing and Scheduling Practice: How the Structure of Practice

Influences LearningChapter 11.  Augmented Feedback: How Providing Extra Information Influences

Learning

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Investigate human movement with the latest analytical toolsResearch Methods in Biomechanics, Second Edition, demonstrates the range of available research techniques and how to best apply this knowledge to ensure valid data collection. In the highly technical field of biomechanics, research methods are frequently upgraded as the speed and sophistication of software and hardware technologies increase. With this in mind, the second edition includes up-to-date research methods and presents new information detailing advanced analytical tools for investigating human movement. Also included is access to biomechanics research software designed by C-Motion, Visual3D Educational Edition, which allows users to explore the full range of modeling capabilities of the professional Visual3D software in sample data files as well as display visualizations for other data sets.Research Methods in Biomechanics, Second Edition D. Gordon E. Robertson, PhD, Graham E. Caldwell, PhD, Joseph Hamill, PhD, Gary Kamen, PhD, and Saunders N. Whittlesey, PhD ©2014 • Hardback • 440 pp Print: ISBN 978-0-7360-9340-8 • $89.00 (£60.99 UK, €79.30 EURO)E-book: ISBN 978-1-4504-6380-5 • $49.00 (£33.99 UK, €44.20 EURO)

A comprehensive introduction to motor control and learningMotor Control and Learning, Fifth Edition, is an outstanding introduction to the field that focuses on motor behavior that can be observed directly as well as the many factors that affect the quality of these performanc-es and the ease with which they can be learned. Additionally, the text examines some of the neurological and biomechanical processes that create complex movement behaviors, reflecting the convergence toward a shared understanding of complex movement behaviors across the fields of motor behavior and motor learning, motor control, and biomechanics. Instructor resources help students grasp important concepts and prepare for exams.Motor Control and Learning: A Behavioral Emphasis, Fifth Edition Richard A. Schmidt, PhD, and Timothy D. Lee, PhD©2011 • Hardback • 592 ppPrint: ISBN 978-0-7360-7961-7 • $103.00 (£69.99 UK, €91.00 EURO)E-book: ISBN 978-1-4504-1057-1 • $54.00 (£36.99 UK, €48.10 EURO)

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Journal of Motor Learning and Development (JMLD)Gabriele Wulf, PhD, EditorFrequency: Quarterly (March, June, September, December)Current Volume: 2 (2014)ISBN: 978-1-4504-5942-6Print ISSN: 2325-3193

Journal of Applied Biomechanics (JAB)J.J. Trey Crisco, PhD, EditorFrequency: Bimonthly (February, April, June, August, October, and December)Impact Factor: 1.259Current Volume: 30 (2014)ISBN: 978-0-7360-5235-1Print ISSN: 1065-8483

Motor Control (MC)Mindy F. Levin, PhD, PT, EditorFrequency: Quarterly (January, April, July, October)Impact Factor: 1.390Current Volume: 18 (2014)ISBN: 978-7360-5215-3Print ISSN: 1087-1640

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