Question 1

Teachers can let students choose who they work with if:

Accepted Answer

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. B

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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. C

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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. B

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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 5

A rich experience is one that

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which of the following tasks is the most unlimited task?

Accepted Answer

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 8

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 9

For most tasks appropriate learning experiences are primarily those that

Accepted Answer

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 10

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

Accepted Answer

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 11

Which of the following tasks has the most affective potential?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 12

The most inefficient way to group students is

Accepted Answer

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 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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 16

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Exam 3: Designing Learning Experiences and Instructional Tasks