Teaching Handbook Key Concepts

Question 1

What are the four components of emotional intelligence?

Answer 1

Self awareness. Self management. Social awareness. Relationship management

Question 2

What’s the difference between intrapersonal skills and interpersonal skills?

Answer 2

IntrApersonal skills occur inside the mind. Interpersonal skills are applied in the physical world.

Question 3

What are the components of verbal communication?

Answer 3

Content, tone, cadence, level of formality.

Question 4

What are the components of non-verbal communication?

Answer 4

Posture, hand gestures, facial expressions, eye contact.

Question 5

What are the limitations of extrinsic motivation?

Answer 5

Students are focused on an external reward/end result as opposed to the process. Students with intrinsic motivation are more likely to be focused on the process.

Question 6

What are the four types of fun?

Answer 6

People fun. Easy fun. Hard fun. Serious fun.

Question 7

What are three types of goals?

Answer 7

Outcome goal (broad and longterm.) Performance goal (helps get to the outcome.) Process goal (aka objective.)

Question 8

What is gap analysis?

Answer 8

The steps necessary to move between the current state and the desired state.

Question 9

What are the levels of Maslow, starting from the bottom?

Answer 9

Physical and material needs. Safety and security. Social belonging. Self esteem. Self actualization.

Question 10

What are some ways to manage the flow of information?

Answer 10

Pacing. Terrain management. (Open versus closed learning environments.) Difficulty of tasks.

Question 11

Why is it important to ask students questions throughout the lesson?

Answer 11

Feedback and collaboration and checking for understanding.

Question 12

What are four ways to handle a class?

Answer 12

Lineup, circle, huddle, freeform.

Question 13

What are the five teaching styles?

Answer 13

Command. Task. Reciprocal. Guided discovery (instructor provides options.) Problem solving (similar to GD but more freeform.)

Question 14

What are the stages in a progression?

Answer 14

Stationary. Simple. Complex. Whole. (Whole brings it back to skiing.)

Question 15

What is teaching for transfer?

Answer 15

Making non-skiing skills relevant.

Question 16

What are the two ways to use lateral learning?

Answer 16

To isolate and develop skills. To blend and apply skills.

Question 17

What are two ways of describing learning preferences?

Answer 17

VAK and feeling, watching, doing, thinking.

Question 18

What are the five characteristics of effective feedback?

Answer 18

Descriptive, positive, specific, relevant and solicited.

Question 19

What are three types of feedback?

Answer 19

Concurrent, terminal and delayed.

Question 20

What are four motor skill benchmarks?

Answer 20

Improvement (skills getting better over time); consistency (skills more stable across different situations); adaptability (ability to modify in response to challenges); persistence (improved performance into the future.)

Question 21

What are the three stages of motor skills, according to Fitts and Posner?

Answer 21

Cognitive stage: Have to think about to do it; associative stage: smoother, more natural; autonomous stage: permanent motor learning achieved. (Note this is NOT the same as skills levels.)

Question 22

What are the six components of the student profile?

Answer 22

Personal characteristics; past experiences; identity/values/beliefs; attitudes/emotions; goals/motivations; physical condition/ability.

Question 23

What are the six phases of the teaching/learning cycle?

Answer 23

Get to know each other; assess personal and performance characteristics; define goals/create a plan; explore options/experiment with solutions; practice new skills; discover new adventures.

Question 24

What are the four steps in the learning process?

Answer 24

Have an experience. Reflect on the experience. Learn from the experience. Apply what is learned.

Question 25

What are three things an instructor MUST do to communicate technical concepts?

Answer 25

Interpret fundamentals for students. Identify common problems. Provide drills/progressions.

Question 26

What are four characteristics of great lessons?

Answer 26

Creative, engaging, collaborative and technically sound.

Question 27

What is the purpose of technical knowledge?

Answer 27

To help you make decisions that keep your lessons simple and effective. This helps students progress quickly.

Question 28

What are some technical terms that can be useful to help students connect with physical sensations?

Answer 28

Slip, slide, pivot, skid, carve, rotate, angulate, tilt, twist, pressure, etc.

Question 29

What are the three things that influence how skiers/riders apply the fundamentals?

Answer 29

Environment. Accuracy. Speed. Also DIRT. (Duration, intensity, rate, timing.)

Question 30

What is the value of creative learning environments?

Answer 30

Play and experimentation help w/ retention and promote confidence.

Question 31

What are the three steps in the risk management process?

Answer 31

Hazard ID. Risk Analysis. Decision making.

Question 32

What role does risk play in students' ability to learn?

Answer 32

Students are most receptive when they are alter and focused, as opposed to bored or anxious/afraid.

Question 33

What are some factors in human hazards?

Answer 33

Complacency. Over confidence. Distraction. Fatigue, stress, performance. Different risk perceptions. Risk compensation. Peer pressure.

Question 34

What is the first alpine fundamental?

Answer 34

Control the relationship of the center of mass to the base of support to direct pressure along the length of the skis. (Pressure control.)

Question 35

What is the second alpine fundamental?

Answer 35

Control pressure from ski to ski and direct pressure toward the outside ski. (Pressure control.)

Question 36

What is the third alpine fundamental?

Answer 36

Control edge angles through a mix of inclination and angulation. (Edge control.)

Question 37

What is the fourth alpine fundamental?

Answer 37

Control the skis' rotation with leg rotation, separate from the upper body. (Rotational control.)

Question 38

What is the fifth alpine fundamental?

Answer 38

Regulate the magnitude of press created through ski/snow interactions. (Pressure control.)