Deck 7: The Learner: Pre-Instruction Considerations

Question 1

Which of the following would be a strategy that could be implemented to accommodate a kinesthetic learner?

A) Videos
B) Consequent sounds
C) Simulations
D) Questioning strategies regarding cause & effect

Answer 1

C

Question 2

One would expect ________ transfer between a slap shot in hockey and the butterfly stroke in swimming

A) Positive
B) Negative
C) Zero
D) Bilateral

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following are based on the principles of transfer?

A) Skill progressions
B) Lead up games
C) Simulators
D) All of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following can be examined to determine the degree of similarity between two skills and assess the potential for positive transfer?

A) The fundamental movement pattern
B) The strategic and conceptual aspects of the game or task
C) The perceptual, temporal, and spatial elements
D) All of the above

Question 5

To what extent would you expect transfer to occur to a game situation from a volleyball drill that requires teammates to form a circle and bump the ball to the next person in a clockwise direction?

A) High
B) Medium
C) Low

Question 6

When using transfer, what is important?

A) References used are only motor skills
B) The skills referred to are well learned
C) Transfer is used in all cases
D) Learners are in either the intermediate or advanced stages of learning

Question 7

It is just as important to point out the differences between two skills as it is the similarities when attempting to capitalize on transfer.

Question 8

An instructor that tells students to "shake hands with the racket" is using which of the following?

A) A simulator
B) The eclectic approach
C) Resemblance cue
D) An analogy

Question 9

Efforts to design instructional methodology that capitalizes on positive transfer should be made in all situations

Question 10

If a learner's past experience with badminton temporarily interferes with their learning of tennis __________ is said to have occurred.

A) Contractual interference
B) Variable practice
C) Negative transfer
D) Avoidance

Question 11

Transfer can be which of the following?

A) Positive
B) Negative
C) Zero
D) All of the above

Question 12

No two individuals possess identical learning styles.

Question 13

Which of the following is true of global learners?

A) They learn more easily when they are first presented with the big picture and then asked to concentrate on details
B) They prefer rules and guidelines
C) They prefer to have information presented in a step-by-step, sequential manner that builds towards a main concept
D) Humor, anecdotes and graphics are not helpful

Question 14

Which of the following is one of the easiest learning style variables to accommodate for motor skill learning?

A) Emotionality preferences
B) Environmental preferences
C) Perceptual mode
D) Analytical mode

Question 15

Which of the following would be a strategy that could be implemented to accommodate an analytical learner?

A) Videos
B) Consequent sounds
C) Simulations
D) Questioning strategies regarding cause & effect

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT true of learning styles?

A) Unless accommodated, learning will not occur.
B) Accommodating them can result in achievement of greater learning.
C) Perceptual mode may be one of the easiest to accommodate for motor skill learning.
D) An eclectic approach should be used in situations involving large groups.

Question 17

The preferred mode through which learners take in and process information is known as which of the following?

A) Information pathway
B) Modal inclination
C) Information zone
D) Modal strength

Question 18

The cue words "pace" and "tempo" would be associated with which preferred mode?

A) Visual
B) Kinesthetic
C) Analytical
D) Auditory

Question 19

When the learning of a new skill or its performance under novel conditions is influenced by past experience with another skill or skills, what is it known as?

A) Selective attention
B) Perceptual mode
C) Transfer
D) Analogies

Question 20

A cornerstone of the OPTIMAL theory is

A) Motivation
B) Perfect practice
C) Transfer
D) Learning Styles