Development in the Early Years
How children change across the developmental domains, and what supports each domain.
- Domains of development
- Physical milestones in the first five years
- Cognitive development and Piaget
NSW Child Studies Years 7-10 (Stage 5, Year 9) - development in the early years, health, safety and nutrition, play, learning and relationships - expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Child Studies Year 9” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
How children change across the developmental domains, and what supports each domain.
Keeping young children well, safe and fed, with the reasoning behind each practice.
Why play is the work of childhood, and how relationships and environments support it.
A Child Studies Year 9 paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| analyse | Short answer | 3–5 |
| describe | Short answer | 2–3 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 4–6 |
| explain | Short answer | 3–4 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| predict | Multiple choice | 1 |
Year 9 Assessment Task Shape — 50 marks, 75 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.