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The percentage of youth who are overweight has more than tripled in the last 30 years

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True

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When students accept responsibility for participating in regular activity, fitness becomes an authentic learning experience that may last a lifetime.

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True

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Locomotor, nonlocomotor, and manipulative skills are all fundamental motor skills.

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True

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When about one-third of the American men drafted in World War I were rejected as physically unfit for military service, the result was a new demand for physical education in American schools

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True

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Content standards are the framework of a program; they offer focus, direction, and continuity to instruction.

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True

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Movement education:

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is based on problem solving and exploration

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Tasks that require hand-eye and foot-eye coordination are called "manipulative skills."

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True

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Physical education is the only place in the total school curriculum where instruction is focused on teaching motor skills.

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True

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Physical education is the only area of the school curriculum that is designed to develop children toward an active lifestyle.

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True

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Physical education is an instructional program that gives attention to all learning domains: psychomotor, cognitive, and affective.

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True

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A portion of the physical education class period should be allotted to students' learning and experiencing fitness.

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True

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Value and attitude development are developed through the cognitive domain.

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False

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The elementary school years are an excellent time to teach motor skills because children have the time and predisposition to learn.

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True

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PL 94-142 mandates that a child with a disability must be educated in the least restrictive environment and that an Individualized Education Program must be prepared for each student with a disability.

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True

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"Back-to-Basics" schools were designed as a response to the increase in special programs like the arts and physical education.

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False

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Federal mandates that have affected physical education include Title IX and:

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PL 94-142

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Appropriate physical fitness instruction includes all of the following EXCEPT:

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focusing on the product of fitness, such as how many repetitions, how fast, or how far

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Movement education offers an opportunity for diversity of movement through creative instructional methods and allows students of all ability levels to succeed.

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True

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Most students receive physical education instruction daily throughout the academic year.

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False

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Perceptual-motor programs were developed out of concern for:

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Slower academic learners

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Physical education content standards can be accomplished in many areas of a school curriculum.

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False

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The Kraus-Weber assessment of 1954 compared American and European children on the basis of:

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Physical fitness score

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Quality physical education programs make competition the core of the program

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False

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Stretching, twisting, and turning are best described as:

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Nonlocomotor skills

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Balancing and twisting are examples of locomotor skills.

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False

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Children exercising at a certain workload perceive the activity to be more intense than do adults working at a similar level.

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False

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In a typical classroom of youngsters, the variation in skeletal maturity is:

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5-6 years

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How many minutes before strenuous activity should a child be hydrated?

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20-30 minutes

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Overweight children are less proficient at performing motor skills.

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True

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Although each child's timing is unique, children do follow a general growth pattern.

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True

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Children appear to adjust to heat more quickly than adults.

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False

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Youngsters demonstrate a slow recovery rate after strenuous exercise.

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False

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The most rapid period of growth in children occurs from:

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Birth to 5 years of age

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Physical maturity is usually measured by comparing chronological age with skeletal age.

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True

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All of the following are reasons children should be allowed to play all positions during youth sports except

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It keeps the focus on winning

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Offering a wide spectrum of developmentally appropriate activities helps ensure that youngsters will be successful regardless of their maturity.

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True

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Overweight children find strength related tasks difficult because:

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Of the relationship of their body size to weight

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Physical educators should never offer advice to parents and community leaders regarding sport activity programs.

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False

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Motor development for boys and girls is the same.

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False

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Effective physical education programs offer activities that are developmentally appropriate and suited to students' maturity levels.

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True

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Which body type is identified as being extremely thin, with a minimum of muscle development?

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The ectomorph

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The mesomorphic child is characterized:

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The predominance of muscle and bone

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Lack of efficient movement causes youngsters to generate more metabolic heat than adults.

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True

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Children who feel incompetent in performing physical skills will usually:

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Drop out of physical education if possible

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Because the rate of growth slows during the elementary school years, this is an excellent window of time for learning motor skills.

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True

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Children do not have the capacity to cool their body the way adults can.

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True

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The best criterion to use in determining exercise workloads for children is:

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Time

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A child's somatotype affects the quality of his or her motor performance.

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True

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The physical activity and fitness part of a lesson is designed to teach youngsters the type and amount of activity necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

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True

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A stable base is necessary when a person applies force to a projectile or absorbs force.

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True

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A characteristic of introductory activities is that they engage in immediate activity when they enter the gym.

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True

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Which of the following reflects balance and equilibrium?

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Stability

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Gross motor movements such as running, skipping, and galloping are learned before the acquisition of fine motor skills such as catching, hitting a pitched ball, and jumping for distance.

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True

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When using cooperative learning style students are:

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Given the opportunity to work with each other regularly

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An acceptable alternative for limited equipment is to teach using partner or reciprocal grouping.

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True

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Usually the most effective method of distributing individual equipment such as jump ropes, beanbags, and hoops is to:

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Place it around the perimeter of the teaching area

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Using different teaching style often improves the environment for students and teachers.

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True

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Skill progression involves moving the learning process through ordered steps from the least challenging to the most challenging.

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True

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The type of feedback that is internal and travels through the senses is:

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Intrinsic feedback

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The continuum of teaching styles ranges from:

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Direct teaching to free exploration

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One of the first steps to take when planning for instruction is to decide on the teaching styles that will be most effective for each skill.

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True

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Development of motor learning skills progresses from all of the following EXCEPT:

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The legs to the arms

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Free exploration is the most child-centered style of teaching.

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True

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Which of the following is NOT a variable that must be considered when selecting an appropriate teaching style?

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The ratios of boys to girls

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High anxiety results in a decrease in motor performance.

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True

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Effective teachers use more than one teaching style, even during one lesson.

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True

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Alternatives to limited equipment include:

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Adapting the teaching style to partner or peer-review approaches

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Playing a game that uses skills developed in the lesson focus is an example of:

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The closing activiy

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The type of feedback that should be used most is:

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Positive

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Which of the following phrases best represents a positive way to make instructional feedback during a lesson?

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Keep yourself curled when you go through the forward roll sequence

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Much of the feedback delivered by teachers is corrective in nature, with a focus on improving student performance.

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True

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The recommended ratio of positive to corrective feedback is

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4 to 1

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Effective instruction includes all of the following EXCEPT:

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combining management and instructional episodes

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Meaningful feedback helps students learn when skills are performed correctly or need refinement.

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True

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Research indicates that teachers treat boys and girls equally in the classroom.

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False

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Which of the following is the best example of positive feedback with value content?

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"Excellent catch. You bent your elbows while catching, which created a soft home for the ball."

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Adding specific information or value to feedback:

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Improves the desired student behavior

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Anticipatory set is a technique designed to focus students on an upcoming instructional concept.

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True

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Keywords that quickly and efficiently communicate proper technique and performance of skills and movement tasks are referred to as:

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Instructional cues

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Limit discussion in the activity area to 30 seconds as much as possible.

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True

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Which of the following is not effective for teaching and valuing diversity?

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None of the above

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Feedback should not be:

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Delayed

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Nonverbal feedback is effective because:

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It is easily interpreted by students

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When moving around the teaching area, it is important to remember that having an unpredictable teaching location ensures contact and proximity with all students in the class.

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True

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When communicating with a learner teachers should:

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Speak about specific behavior

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The customs and morals of different cultures impact the response of youngsters to different types of nonverbal gestures.

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True

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An important step in determining the proper instructional entry level is to formulate a desired terminal outcome.

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True

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Teachers should practice nonverbal feedback in order to make it convincing.

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True

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Students will automatically accept a student with differing needs.

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False

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PL 94-142 prohibits segregation of children with special needs.

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False

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PL94-142 states that schools must locate, identify, and evaluate all students who might have a disability.

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True

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Which of the following should NOT be considered when formulating modifications for students?

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Does the change cause an undue burden on the teacher?

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IEP's

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a. must contain a statement of annual goals and short-term instructional objectives.

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An IEP contains all of the following except

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future status of the child's level of educational performance

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The responsibility of a school system does NOT include providing a quality education for all students.

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False

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With regard to IEP, due process serves to:

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protect the rights of all parties involved.

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Physical education is the only content area specifically mentioned in PL 94-142.

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True

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Federal law requires the identification and evaluation of all children with disabilities.

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True

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Inclusion refers to educating students with and without disabilities in a regular education setting.

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True

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Least restrictive environment means:

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not all individuals can do all of the same activities in the same environment.

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PL 94-142 does NOT include children in private care facilities.

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False

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All students, regardless of ability levels, must have access to physical education.

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True

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PL 94-142 requires that all children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment from:

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Age 3-21

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Federal law states that an Individualized Education Program (IEP) must be written for every child receiving special education and related services.

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True

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Screening is a process that involves all students in a school setting and is part of the "child find" process.

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True

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The assessment and evaluation procedures associated with determining placement for the child with unique needs are administered by:

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A multidisciplinary team

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Least restrictive environment:

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Is the same for all lesson

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"Accurately measuring what it purports to measure" is the definition of:

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Valdity

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"Michelle, that's the way to keep your head tucked" is an example of:

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specific feedback

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Written tests are often administered in physical education to check the cognitive learning that has accompanied physical skill learning.

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True

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The practice of evaluating the execution of a specific movement, rather than the outcome of the skill performed, is referred to as:

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a process of learning outcome.

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How many times without a miss describes:

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product outcomes.

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An effective way to evaluate teacher movement is to divide the area into quadrants and tally the number of times the teacher moves into each quadrant.

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True

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The purpose of evaluation is to determine whether progress is being made toward specified objectives.

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True

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Which of the following is an example of effective praise?

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Excellent, you tucked your head just right in your forward roll.

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The use of first names is important in personalizing feedback and directing it to the proper individual.

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True

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Giving a thumbs-up sign is an example of:

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nonverbal feedback

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Management time occurs in all of the following instances EXCEPT when:

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the teacher is giving a physical education lesson.

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Which of the following are NOT areas of instructional feedback?

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time-out

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Personal behavior plans include all of the following EXCEPT

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being friends with the students

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All of the following are effective strategies for grouping students EXCEPT:

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student leaders picking teams.

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Management and discipline are requisite parts of effective instruction.

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True

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A delayed punishment is more effective than one delivered immediately after the misbehavior.

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False

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A regular routine for closing the lesson is important.

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True

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The principle stating that a highly desirable activity can be used to motivate students to learn an activity that they enjoy to a lesser degree is referenced to as:

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the Premack principle

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Using a teacher demonstration to prompt an acceptable behavior is an example of:

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modeling

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The recommended length of a single physical education instructional episode should not exceed:

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20-30 seconds

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Whistle mixer is an effective technique for getting students into small groups.

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True

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Discipline is defined as modifying student behavior when it is unacceptable.

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True

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The most basic and important management skill is being able to start and stop a class.

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True

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Knowing students' names:

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is an effective management strategy

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The amount of time it takes a class to respond when commands or signals are given is referred to as:

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"response latency."

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The use of first names is important in personalizing feedback and directing it to the proper individual.

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True

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Giving a thumbs-up sign is an example of:

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nonverbal feedback

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Management time occurs in all of the following instances EXCEPT when:

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the teacher is giving a physical education lesson.

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An efficient way to divide the class into two groups of equal size is to:

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have students get toe to toe with a partner

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The use of first names is important in personalizing feedback and directing it to the proper individual.

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True

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A key to the issue of negligence is forseeability.

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True

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A tort is concerned with the teacher-student relationship.

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True

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Compared to other subject matter areas physical education is NOT as vulnerable to accidents and potential injuries.

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False

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Asking students to perform complex skills on the balance beam before they have mastered more fundamental skills can be considered:

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A breach of duty

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A defense against negligence that attempts to prove that the accident was not caused by teacher negligence is referred to as:

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Proximate cause

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A legal wrong resulting in direct or indirect injury to another individual is a:

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Tort

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When monitoring the physical activity environment which of the following should NOT be used:

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Grouping students randomly no matter what the activity

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Negligence does NOT have to be proven in a court of law.

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False

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Before negligence can be proved, the failure of the teacher to conform to the required standard of care must be ruled:

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The proximate cause of the resulting injury

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Sequencing activities in units of instruction through written lesson plans ensures:

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Safe instruction

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A type of negligence where the injured party can recover damages only if found to be less negligent than the defendant (teacher) is referred to as:

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Comparative negligence

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Courts are more understanding about mismatched opponents in the physical education setting than in an athletic contest.

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False

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Perhaps the most important factor in preventing accidents is:

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Recognizing potential high-risk situations.

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Failure to provide proper spotting for high-risk activities is an act of ommission referred to in legal terms as:

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Nonfeasance

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Misfeasance is based on a performance of the proper action that is not up to the required standard.

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True

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Minimizing lawsuits include:

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Keep complete records of all accidents

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Giving a thumbs-up sign is an example of:

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nonverbal feedback

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Punishment should be:

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consistent and fit the crime.

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All physical education teachers should have first aid training.

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True

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An assumption of risk as applied to physical activities is defined as:

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choosing to be part of an activity

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Management time occurs in all of the following instances EXCEPT when:

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the teacher is giving a physical education lesson.

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The use of first names is important in personalizing feedback and directing it to the proper individual.

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True

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Contributory negligence is a possible defense against a lawsuit involving children less than seven years of age.

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False

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The legal term most closely related to legal responsibility is:

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Liability

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Behavior contracts are effective:

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for students with severe behavior problems

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Giving a thumbs-up sign is an example of:

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nonverbal feedback

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Waiver forms signed by students and parents do NOT waive the rights of participants.

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True

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The use of first names is important in personalizing feedback and directing it to the proper individual.

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True

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The use of first names is important in personalizing feedback and directing it to the proper individual.

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True

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Placing equipment in a box or pile is an effective means of distribution.

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False

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A technique used to observe group behavior at different times during a lesson is:

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placheck recording

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Stars, points, and certificates of achievement awards are examples of:

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token reinforcers

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The court uses the conduct of the other teachers as a standard for comparison when determining a reasonable and common standard of behavior.

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True

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Which of the following factors is NOT a common defense against negligence?

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Duty

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A defense against negligence that places the cause of injury on forces beyond the control of the teacher or the school is referred to as:

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An act of God

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Rules are general guidelines for acceptable behavior rather than negative statements telling students what they cannot do.

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True

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Written tests are often administered in physical education to check the cognitive learning that has accompanied physical skill learning.

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True

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When improper behavior by the injured party causes the accident, the defense in a liability suit may claim:

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Contributory negligence

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The practice of evaluating the execution of a specific movement, rather than the outcome of the skill performed, is referred to as:

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a process of learning outcome.

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The cognitive domain develops feelings, attitudes, and values.

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false

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Written tests are often administered in physical education to check the cognitive learning that has accompanied physical skill learning.

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True

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The focus of the cognitive domain for physical education is knowing rules, health information, and safety procedures.

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true

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Planning for articulation of program material throughout elementary, middle, and secondary school programs is:

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sequence or vertical articulation

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Fun or teacher enjoyment is the major criterion when selecting activities for the curriculum.

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false

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The elementary school years are a time of experimentation with movement possibilities.

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true

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Removing something positive can be an effective technique when students misbehave.

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True

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Placing activities in developmental levels offers activities that are appropriate for all youngsters.

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true

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A basic requisite to a well-managed class is the ability of the teacher to model behavior desired from the students.

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True

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Class management is defined as organizing and controlling the affairs of a class.

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True

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Negative and corrective feedback is effective when delivered to the individual publicly in front of the entire class.

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False

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The initial step in curriculum design is to

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define a philosophy of physical education

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Scope of the curriculum refers to

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the yearly content

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Which environmental factor does NOT affect curriculum development?

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the teacher's interests

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Physical education must be largely an instructional program if it is to acquire a full partnership in the child's overall education.

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true

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Which is NOT a basic urge of children?

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the urge to cooperate

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Basic urges of children are affected by hereditary or environmental influences.

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true

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The curriculum should reflect progression vertically (between developmental levels) and horizontally (within each level and within each activity).

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true

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Balance in a curriculum ensures that all objectives in the program receive adequate coverage.

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true

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Explaining rules and regulations of a game as well as strategies to succeed is related to which domain?

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cognitive

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The support of school administrators has a significant impact on the curriculum

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true

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A child-centered physical education curriculum supports

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children's natural urges

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Which of the following statements is true regarding the use of prompts?

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The goal should be to remove the prompt so that behavior is self-motivated.

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