Midterm Flashcards
(64 cards)
What influences selection of units (content) for curricula?
1) Personal Comfort
- Philosophy/values, skills, experiences
2) Practical Matters
- Facilities/equipment, time, climate
- Students’ age/experience/interests, department colleagues
3) Professional Expectations
- State standards, district curricula, current societal needs
#2 is used as an excuse to prioritize #1 & ignore #3
High-Quality Curriculum
1) Objectives/Standards
- Reflect current professional priorities & developmental appropriateness
2) Progression of units optimized
3) Units have variety (scope)
- Competition/Cooperative/Individual, Traditional/Non-traditional, Fitness/Recreation, Invasion/Net/Target/Fielding
Objective-Driven Planning
Activities, teaching, & assessment align with objectives & with each other
Type of Objectives
1) Cognitive (knowing, thinking)
2) Affective (feelings, attitudes) (translated into behavioral)
- Behavioral (doing)
3) Psychomotor
- Physical (fitness)
High-Quality Objectives
1) Student Focused
2) Behavioral Verb
- Ideally 1 per objective
3) Specific
- Ideally measurable with condition & criterion
4) Challenging & Achievable (Developmentally Appropriate)
Types of Psychomotor Skills
1) Locomotor (walking, running, hopping, galloping, dodging)
2) Non-locomotor (bending, stretching, twisting, balancing, turning)
3) Manipulative (throwing, throw-like actions, catching, catch-like actions, collecting)
Throwing
1 hand, 2 hand, Underhand
Throw-like Actions
Rolling, Snapping, Handoffs
Catch-like Actions
Trapping, Receiving with objects
Collecting
LAX Scoops, Steals, Fumble Recoveries
Striking
With hands, body parts, implements
Kicking/Punting
Instep, Laces
Dribbling/Bouncing
With hands, feet, implements
3 General Legal Responsibilities related to safety/injuries in PE class
1) Planning
2) Instructing/Supervising
3) Managing/Organizing
Planning
- Use developmentally appropriate equipment & activities
- Plan numbers/space
- Monitor weather/temperature/heat index
- Identify activity-specific issues & related prevention (rules, procedures, cautions)
Instructing/Supervising
- Teach & reinforce general rules/routines
- Teach & reinforce spatial awareness
- Teach & reinforce feedback
Design Activities
- Reps
- Quality Text (irrelevant)
- Progression
- Not too easy/difficult
- Student choice
4 Types of Tasks
1) Informing
2) Extending
3) Refining
4) Applying/Assessing
Informing
Introduce a new skill/concept (basically instruction)
Extending
Gradually increase difficulty of the previously learned skill (change of condition)
Refining
Communication with the students with concerns of their performance (feedback)
Applying/Assessing
Giving students opportunities to apply the skills to what they have learned into more game-like situations (assessing through observation/rubrics/checklists)
Why is assessment important/useful?
1) Student Learning
- Focuses on students
- Motivates students
- Provide feedback
- Helps planning
- Helps differentiating instruction (adjust/change instruction)
- Increase teacher’s effectiveness through analysis/revision
2) Grading
3) Credibility
- Self-confidence
- Other professionals
- The public
Downsides to Assessment
1) Time
- Planning time
- Class time
- Time for feedback/grading
- Time for analysis
2) Disregarded by PE teachers