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Colegio de Montalban
Institute of Education
The Child and Adolescent Learner and Learning Principles 1
AY 2022 – 2023
1st Semester

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Module 18: Physical Development of Primary Schoolers

Part I

1. What are the general physical characteristics of children in the primary school-age? Give at least 6

2. What are the factors affecting physical development? Give at least 6

3. Compare the motor skills of a pre-school child with a primary school-age child in terms of fine motor
skills and gross motor skills.
Preschool Child Primary School-Age Child

Fine Motor
Skills

Gross
Motor
Skills

Part II

Read the statements carefully. Choose the best answer and write hem on the blank.
__________ 1. Why does a primary school-aged child look slimmer than a pre-school child? - Analysis
A. Because the location and accumulation of body fats shift
B. Because they have less muscle tissues
C. Because their bones are leaner
D. Because their appetite is poor
__________ 2. What is the general physical characteristic of a primary-school child? - Understanding
A. Prefers to sit than play.

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B. Starts to walk and sit without being supported.

C. Has difficulty balancing and often falls down.
D. Are extremely active.
__________ 3. Primary school-age children use if this, reactor muse. Primary its motor ones. Knowing
this, teachers should _____________. - Application
A. offer highly active and strenuous activities in
B. allow children to pretend and fantasize and also enjoy real-life tasks and activities
C. practice them by holding a pencil using their thumb and fingers.
D. make them do fine embroidery activity

Module 19: Cognitive Development of Primary Schoolers

Part I

1. Research on the differences in the cognitive development of boys and girls. Write some major points in
their perspective development.

BOYS GIRLS

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Part II
Read the statements carefully. Choose the best answer and write it in the blank.
________ 1. Which means that children at the primary school age have difficulty determining outcome of
a specific event using a general principle? - Understanding
A. Reversibility
B. Inductive logic
C. Deductive logic
D. Discrimination
________ 2. Miabella has been studying about nouns since she started primary grade. In grade one, she
learned about proper and common nouns. In grade two, she learned about count and mass nouns. In grade
3, she learned about concrete and abstract nouns. What principle is at work here? - Analysis
A. Learning is effective when done in a sequential manner.
B. Learning should be repetitive to result in mastery.
C. Learning must be differentiated among grade levels.
D. Learning must consider multiple intelligences.
________ 3. Jacob loves reading comic book series of superheroes. Which cognitive characteristic is
shown here? -Analysis
A. They can read more words or combination of words.
B. Their attention span is longer; hence, they are more involved in serial stories.
C. Their reading orientation is correct - starting from left to right, up to down.
D. Jacob is an emergent reader.

Module 20: Socio-Emotional Development of the Primary Schoolers

Part I
Study the situations given below. If you were the teacher how win you help these learners cope with their
socio-emotional difficulties? Write the parents a letter in response.
1.
Dear Teacher,
I am really heart-broken. My 8-year-old daughter is feeling lonely, isolated and friendless. It seems that
she has felt this way for quite a while. She says that she mostly spends time alone - that she has no friends
because no one wants to play with her. S
he tags along, but is usually left out eventually. She can become angry if things don't always go her way
and also teary. I don't know where to turn to help her the thought that she finds school so painful is
heartbreaking.
Sincerely,
Worried Mother

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2.
Dear Teacher,
I am a really proud parent. My little boy is in primary grade and he is doing a lot better than his
classmates. He sometimes becomes restless in school - he says he knows what the teacher is talking
about. Some teachers even suspects that he is gifted. But there seems to be a problem.
He is bossy. He always orders people around - his classmates and people at home. How could I help him
be comfortable in school and lessen his bossiness?
Sincerely,
Worried Father

Part II
Read the statements carefully. Choose the best answer and write them on the blank.
_______ 1. In Erik Erikson's fourth stage of psychosocial development, Children will have to balance
industry vs inferiority so they can achieve the virtue of competency. What can parents do to help them
attain this? - Application
A. Allow the children to explore what they want and provide them with opportunities to do so.
B. Make them busy with school work even when they are at home.
C. Enroll the children in several after school enrichment classes.
D. Demand excellent performance from children.
_______ 2. Which results when children have a strong sense of their personality traits? - Analysis
A. They become more successful than others.
B. They think they are better than others.
C. They like and believe in themselves and feel accepted.
D. They will always be winners.
_______ 3. How can teachers encourage friendships among primary school-aged children? - Application
A. Design group activities during different parts of the lesson.
B. Arrange the classroom seating alphabetically.
C. Provide children with opportunities to express their views and opinions.
D. Rank them from the ones with highest average rating to the lowest average ratings.

Module 21: Physical Development of the Intermediate Schoolers

Part I
Write down your thoughts in the style of bullet points on:
1. Weight and height changes in intermediate pupils
o What are your general ideas on how tall and how heavy do intermediate children stand
and weigh?
o What are the factors affecting their height and weight?

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2. Differences in physical appearance between girls and boys

o What are the differences in their body appearance?
o What are the differences in the activities they do?
3. Changes in nutrition, diet and sleep of intermediate pupils
o What are the nutritional needs of intermediate pupils?
o How long do these children need to sleep and rest?

4. Based on the insights that you wrote, what do you think are the general physical characteristics of
children aged 9 to 12 years?
5. What are the common physical activities these children do to help them to develop physically? In what
aspect do girls and boys in the late childhood stage differ?
Part II
Being healthy physically greatly helps children in their late adulthood o become successful in their
everyday undertakings.
1. Design a simple exercise program appropriate for children ages 9 to 12.
Divide your program into three parts:
Part 1: Warm Up Activities: - May include breathing exercises and stretching routines
Part 2: Exercise Proper: - May consist of three to four sets of exercises which may focus on the
following areas: (a) body balance and posture, (b) endurance, (c) muscle strength and/or (d)
agility
Part 3: Cooling Down or Quieting Activity: - Includes another set of breathing and stretching
exercises
Title of Exercise:
Warm Up Activities:
Exercise Proper:
Cooling Down or Quieting Activity:
2. As a teacher, what ideas can you give in order to help intermediate school children develop physically?

Module 22: Physical Development of the Intermediate Schoolers

Part I
Write the definitions of the following words based on how you, understood them. Then compose a brief
essay describing how these concepts will be useful to you in the future.
a. Concrete operational thinkers
b. "Reading to Learn" stage (in reading development)
c. Attention Span
d. Creativity

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Part II
You are a teacher / business owner who plans to put up a progressive school for children. Your aim is to
provide a learning environment that is fun, exciting and intellectually stimulating for your intermediate
school pupils. In doing so, you need to purchase toys and educational playthings that will encourage
creativity, critical and abstract thinking and logical reasoning. Complete your list by filling out the matrix.

Name of Toy Picture Cognitive Area Which How It Helps Cognitive

It Develops Development

Module 23: Socio-Emotional Development of the Intermediate Schoolers

Part I
Paste a picture of you when you were in Grade 4, 5 or 6. Recall, significant event that happened to you.
Write a very brief story of what happened.

Discussion Questions:
As you share you story with a classmate, try to answer the questions below:
1. Why was this event so significant?
2. What do you think were the factors that contributed to make you react or feel that way?
3. How do you think this event has affected you socially and emotionally?

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4. Thinking about it now, do you think you could have acted or felt differently?
Part II
Research on one of the topics below and find out how intermediate school-aged children respond to one
of the following events in life:

 death
 parent’s separation
 rejection from peers

Module 24: Physical Development of High School Learners

1. Do readings from the Internet on:
• Body image that is a key to human confidence, success and life fulfilment.
• Contemporary innovations in beauty enhancement technology, inclusive of beauty surgery
clinics and health spas.
• Physical biological evolution sparked by Darwin's Theory of human evolution.
2. The Internet is an easy and important source for biographical videos on such celebrities as Judy
Garland, who became addicted to medicinal drugs since her teenage years. Her success and trials came
along with her drug problem that culminated in a dreadful suicide. Other success profiles are in the
Internet that portrays the sports, military and science achievers who underwent the transitional early and
teenage years that led them to maturity, leadership and success in life, among others:
1. Douglas McArthur
2. General Emilio Aguinaldo
3. George Washington
4. Astronaut Neil Armstrong

Module 25: Cognitive Development of High School Learners

1. Comment on Piaget’s and Siegler’s theories by identifying situations where their insights were
applicable to you.

Theories Applications which proved the theories to be

applicable
Piaget’s operational thinker:
 Thinking the possible but unseen

 Thinking out your bias

 Exploring solutions

Siegler’s information processing skills

 Increased thinking speed

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 Increased complexity

 Increased volume

Module 26: Socio-Emotional Development of High School Learners

1. What do you think makes the adolescent differ from those who have not yet reached the age of
puberty?
2. What social activities do you think are (i) good for teens (i not good or that prevents socio-emotional
growth?
3. As a future teacher, what would be your attitude to teens in your class?

Bonus Question:
What have you learned from this course? Write an essay.
Reflect on your experience.

Explain what you've learned.

Reflect using the STAR method.

Situation: Set the scene and give the necessary details of your example.

Task: Describe what your responsibility was in that situation.

Action: Explain exactly what steps you took to address it.

Result: Share what outcomes your actions achieved.

Prepared by:

NIMFA DC. BAUTISTA, MAEd

Instructor

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Commission on Higher Education
Colegio de Montalban
Institute of Education
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AY 2022 – 2023
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Good luck and God bless 😊

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