%0 Book %T Development During Middle Childhood: The Years From Six to Twelve %@ 978-0-309-07829-0 %D 1984 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/56/development-during-middle-childhood-the-years-from-six-to-twelve %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/56/development-during-middle-childhood-the-years-from-six-to-twelve %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %K Education %P 448 %R doi:10.17226/56 %X For the first time, a report focuses specifically on middle childhood—a discrete, pivotal period of development. In this review of research, experts examine the physical health and cognitive development of 6- to 12-year-old children as well as their surroundings: school and home environment, ecocultural setting, and family and peer relationships.