- Be familiar with the changes and developments during Piaget’s stage of concrete operations.
- Understand the developmental patterns of attention, memory and executive function in middle childhood.
- Be able to describe the progression of language development, including literacy, in middle childhood.
- Know how intelligence affects academic achievement in middle childhood.
- Understand how we define intellectual disabilities, learning disorders and giftedness.
- Be familiar with the aspects of the school environment that affect children’s academic achievement.