HDF 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Westron, Metalinguistic Awareness, Only Time
2 Dec 2016
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Average growth of 2-3 inches per year. Average 11 year old boy 4 ft. 9 in. Average 11 year old girl 4 ft 10 in. Only time when girls are taller than boys. Average growth of 5-7 pounds per year. Gross motor skills large body movements. Fine motor skills smaller body movements/body coordination. Maneuver objects just as well as adults. Weighing 20% or more above the average for a certain age group. Approximately 18% of children in the usa between the ages of 6-11 were obese in 2012 (cdc, 2015) Approximately 11% of high school students in rhode island were obese in 2013 (cdc, Studies show that obesity can result in early puberty for some children. Child is able to engage in more logical thinking. Conservation - knowledge that quantity is unrelated to arrangement and the physical arrangement of objects. Reversibility - concept that things can be returned to their original format even when reversing their order.
