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Year 1 PE Skill Acquisition

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Q.3 Which of the following is the THIRD stage of skill learning/progression

a)

Autonomous

b)

Cognitive

c)

Associative

d)

Practice

2.

Skill acquisition is the process in which an individual learns...

a)

How to get fit

b)

Motor skills

c)

How to exercise

d)

Sensory skills

3.

Practice sessions spread out over time, with rest periods and a greater level of skill retention is...

a)

Massed practice

b)

Part practice

c)

Whole practice

d)

Distributed practice

4.

Whole practice

a)

Is used for simple skills

b)

Involves practicing the skill in one complete sequence

c)

Involves practicing the skill spread out over time

d)

Involves practicing the skill in seperate parts

5.

Which type of skills are completed under conditions where the environments or requirements for the skill are predictable?

a)

Closed skills

b)

Open skills

c)

Continuous skills

d)

Serial skills

6.

Which of the following skills is the most open?

a)

Receiving a pass in Netball, outside

b)

100m sprint

c)

Tenpin bowling

d)

Going for a walk, outside

7.

An example of a Gross motor skill is...

a)

Archery

b)

Jumping

c)

Writing

d)

All of the above

8.

"The beginner's movements will often appear uncoordinated and a large number of errors are common." This relates to which stage?

a)

Associative

b)

Practice

c)

Autonomous

d)

Cognitive

9.
Which form of guidance is most useful during the cognitive phase of learning?
a)

Manual

b)
Mechanical
c)
Visual
d)
Verbal
10.
Which of the following practice approaches involves gaining experiences of the complete skill before refining specific aspects or subroutines
a)
Part
b)
Whole
c)
Whole-part-whole
d)
Progressive part
11.
Which approach does the term chaining refer to?
a)
Whole
b)
Part
c)
Progressive part
12.

At the cognitive stage of learning how often would a beginner make mistakes?

a)

Many mistakes

b)

Few mistakes

c)

No mistakes

d)

None of the above

13.

What type of skill is surfing?

a)

gross and closed

b)

fine and open

c)

gross and open

d)

fine and closed

14.

Massed practice works best when:

a)

performers are highly motivated

b)

the task causes fatigue

c)

motivation is low

d)

the performer lacks interest

15.

A gymnastic routine can involve the linking of several specific skills such as a round off, back flip and splits.

This is an example of:

a)

A continuous skill

b)

A discrete skill

c)

A serial skill

d)

An fine skill

16.

Catching a ball and then catching a frisbee is an example of what type of transfer?

a)

Bilateral

b)

Proactive

c)

Retroactive

17.

Which of the following hinders the learning of a new skill?

a)

Positive Transfer

b)

Negative Transfer

c)

Proactive Transfer

d)

Bilateral Transfer

18.

Which of the following are ways to minimise negative transfer? (Tick all that apply)

a)

Progressive build up of skills

b)

Teach conflicting skills together

c)

Ensure practice and competitive environments are different

d)

Ensure skills are well learnt before teaching new ones