Ability

Question 1

What is assessment?

Answer 1

• A social activity
• Gathering information to make a judgement
• There are implications for people
• Judging or assessing ability is not neutral

Question 2

Why assess?

Answer 2

• Learning occurs through participating in assessment tasks
• Adopt formative assessment - eg. information is collected throughout the learning process not just at the end
• The feedback generated is important for monitoring and reflecting upon learning

Question 3

What are challenges when assessing for learning?

Answer 3

• Provider of feedback has to be knowledgeable
• Receiver of feedback needs to know what to do with it
• Assessment practices have to be integrated into quality teaching/coaching and not become the focus

Question 4

How to make assessment authentic?

Answer 4

• Make sure assessment is ‘contextually relevant’
• Provides learners with opportunities to demonstrate learning beyond that which they have been taught
• Develops knowledge that is transferable from on situation to another
• In sports coaching it has to be based in movement as well as capture the cognitive processes
• Shifts away from mass assessment eg. fitness tests, to more individualisation

Question 5

What is ability?

Answer 5

• Perceptions of ability are influenced by social class
• Ability is classed because of the unequal opportunities to develop ability through the differential physical and human resources available

Question 6

How do school practices reinforce māori and pacific stereotypes?

Answer 6

• Sport academics: targeting the recruitment of māori and pacific students with sporting prowess into elite schools
• Media commentators also reinforce stereotypes

Question 7

What is a eugenic perspective of ability?

Answer 7

• Ability appears to be relatively stable although it can be changed a little through training
• Any poor achievement in an assessment task is considered to reflect learners limited talent or lack of motivation and/or effort
• Rarely is the assessment instrument used to judge ability considered to be the problem

Question 8

What is talent?

Answer 8

• An individual’s special aptitude or above-average ability for a specific function or range of functions
• The capability (potential) to move skilfully

Question 9

What is the DMGT?

Answer 9

The differentiating model of giftedness and talent

Question 10

What does skilled movement look like?

Answer 10

• Skill is a complex movement phenomena with many interrelated factors: perception, decision making, action
• Skills are learnt with practice, we aren’t born with them
• Skilled movement is effective, efficient, adaptable and persistent

Question 11

What are implications for coaches spotting talent?

Answer 11

• Look for good movers and those that practice well
• May need good tools to assess movement quality
• Monitor and reward good practice habits

Question 12

What is movement?

Answer 12

A fundamental aspect of our daily lives and typically vital for survival

Question 13

How to apply technology in coaching?

Answer 13

• Enhance performance of athletes
• Performance analysis
• Enhance practice/learning
• Sports medicine/recovery/rehabilitation
• Communicate, organise

Question 14

What are the 5 tech-tips for coaching?

Answer 14

• Technologies can be powerful tools for coaches if used in consideration
• Don’t become over-dependent on technology
• Don’t jump to tech without evidence
• Keep a healthy level of scepticism
• Have back-ups in case the tech doesn’t work