AREAS OF EDUCATIONAL

AGE: 9-12 AGE: 12-16/18

DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS
Girls: growth in height
continues, but at a
slower pace than earlier,
breast development
continues, menstrual
Physical changes are important periods become regular; Gym class which
and multiple. Growth is slow at ovulation is established. coordinate different
Control of muscular first because children exert Boys: rapid growth in types of games
movement themselves to adapt to height and weight, (voleyball, football,
environment. muscles fill out and baschetball)
strength increases
dramatically, voice
deepens. Both are
always hungy and the
need for sleep increases.
During this period, child
will continue to be an
emotional pendulum:
happy and at ease one
Children face more
In this period, its extremely year, troubled by self
educational challenges
Emotions important to have friends, doubts the next. These
and also they have to
especially of the same sex. swings will smooth out
integrate in the class.
as teen approaches the
end of high school and
gains more confidence in
his own independence.
From around 12 on
children become
In this stage, the child not only increasingly competent
uses symbols at adult-style thinking.
representationally, but can This involves using Teachers must support
Intelligence manipulate those symbols logical operations, and and facilitate the
logically. In addition, a child using them in the progress.
learns classification and seriati abstract, rather than the
on during this stage concrete. We often call
this hypothetical
thinking.
Language development
at this stage is a gradual
process. Changes still
take place but they are
harder to see. Children