Deck 3: Designing Learning Experiences and Instructional Tasks

Question 1

Which of the following is not a valid reason to change the task focus?

A) Students are tired physically.
B) Time allotted for a task has expired.
C) Students have performed the skill correctly.
D) Responses are becoming unproductive.

Answer 1

Time allotted for a task has expired.

Question 2

Probably the single most factor that determines whether a student learns a motor skill is

A) whether the teacher gives good feedback.
B) how much practice time they have.
C) whether they have tried it before.
D) whether their friends can do it.

Answer 2

how much practice time they have.

Question 3

Which of the following tasks has the most affective potential?

A) Work with a partner to develop a sequence of two traveling actions and a balance.
B) Keep score for your partners to see how many consecutive hits they can make.
C) Share your equipment with a partner.
D) See which team can keep its line the straightest.

Answer 3

Work with a partner to develop a sequence of two traveling actions and a balance.

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true regarding "fun" in physical education?

A) Teachers should select activities that students think are fun physical activities.
B) Learning can be fun.
C) Classes are not fun unless students are laughing.
D) Teachers should select activities that are fun for them to teach.

Question 5

Which of the following would make a throwing and catching task more appropriate for all students in a class?

A) All of the above.
B) Choose the ball you feel most comfortable with.
C) Your partner has a responsibility to send it to you so that you are successful.
D) Start on a line close and move back with success.

Question 6

A rich experience is one that

A) All of these.
B) involves students in an affective, cognitive, and psychomotor way.
C) increases complexity gradually.
D) has maximal activity time.

Question 7

Presenting a task requiring verbal or movement solutions arrived at through movement is called

A) alternative ways to perform tasks.
B) task individualization.
C) problem solving.
D) alternative tasks.

Question 8

Which of the following is not a component of a movement task?

A) Goal orientation.
B) Organization.
C) Content.
D) Designated practice time.

Question 9

Which of the following is true in terms of determining group size for practice of a skill?

A) The teacher should never put students in groups of more than two.
B) Relays provide maximum participation.
C) Group size is determined by the number of people on a team.
D) Larger groups are OK if every student in the group is active.

Question 10

Which of the following tasks has the most potential to provide a psychomotor, affective and cognitive experience for students?

A) If you don't know how to remove your arrows from the target ask your partner.
B) Find the best way to remove your arrows from the target.
C) All the students at your target are to decide the safest way to remove the arrows from the target.
D) Watch how I remove the arrows from the target safely and you try it.

Question 11

For most tasks appropriate learning experiences are primarily those that

A) are organized by chance.
B) mix ability levels on a regular basis.
C) deliberately put advanced players with beginners in competitive situations to improve their skill.
D) organize students by equal ability levels.

Question 12

Which of the following tasks is the most unlimited task?

A) Balance on three parts of your body.
B) Balance on two hands and one foot.
C) Balance on your head and hands.
D) Everybody do a headstand.

Question 13

Teachers can let students choose who they work with if:

A) Racial integration is not an issue with the group.
B) All of the above.
C) No one is left out of the choice.
D) Students can work productively with their choice.

Question 14

The most inefficient way to group students is

A) group students by physical size.
B) group students by interest.
C) group students by birthdays.
D) to have students count off by number.

Question 15

Which of the following instructions represents the goal orientation of a task?

A) Work for 10 minutes and then change stations.
B) Set the volleyball.
C) Work to get the feel of the skill.
D) Practice in groups of three.

Question 16

Which of the following is a criterion for a good learning experience?

A) The learning experience should have the potential to improve the motor performance/physical activity skills of students.
B) The learning experience must be appropriate for the experiential level of all students.
C) All of the above.
D) The learning experience must provide maximal activity or practice time for all students.