In this section, find out how 10-12 year-old children learn and develop.
Characteristics
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Implications
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Need
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Longer attention span
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Greater range of activities possible in class
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Opportunities to engage in tasks that require focus and commitment
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Knowledge of the world growing
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More topics can be addressed
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Stimulation e.g. information from Internet or cross-curricular
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Taking learning more seriously
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Can be given responsibility
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Chances to be independent
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Still children
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Have need for security and pleasure
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Teacher sensitive to their needs and moods
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More cooperative with peers
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Can do more group work
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Variety of grouping in class: work on own, in pairs, in group, as class.
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Intellectual, motor and social skills developing
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Can be challenged more
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Activities that challenge them
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Developing own learning strategies
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Children won’t all react in the same way to the same task/topic
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Chance to personalize their learning experience
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