HEALTH AND PE PRAXIS 5857 PLUS
PLANNING, INSTRUCTION, AND
STUDENT ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Positive Transfer Learning - ans- sw sw sw sw
When something we've learned previously aids us in learning at a later time
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Distributed Practice - ans- sw sw sw
Also known as spaced practice, is a strategy of learning that makes use of smaller increm
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ents of study and practice over a longer period of time
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Massed Practice - ans- sw sw sw
Utilizing longer study and practice periods over a short period of time.
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Ballistic Movements - ans- sw sw sw
Muscle contractions that exhibit maximum velocities and accelerations over a very short p
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eriod of time. They exhibit high firing rates, high force production, and very brief contractio
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n times (i.e. box jump or slam ball)
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Linear Movements - ans- sw sw sw
Movement of an object from one place to another in a straight or mostly straight line.
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Angular Movements - ans- sw sw sw
Are produced by changing the angle between the bones of a joint. (i.e. flexion, extension,
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hyperextension, abduction, adduction, and circumduction) sw sw sw sw
Open Skills - ans- sw sw sw
An open skill is one that takes place in a dynamic and changing environment. (i.e. a basket
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ball player trying to attack the opponents' hoop - many variables)
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Closed Skills - ans- sw sw sw
A closed skill is a skill that takes place in a structured and static environment. (i.e. that sam
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, e basketball player taking a free-throw shot at the opponents' hoop -
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distraction free and uninterrupted)
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Affective Skills - ans- sw sw sw
Relate to behaviors and attitudes that students need to learn in order to be effective in thei
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r personal and professional lives (i.e. feelings, values, appreciation, enthusiasms, motivati
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ons, and attitudes) sw sw
Interactive Skills - ans- sw sw sw
the general ability to interact with the external world to accomplish a task
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Agonist Muscle - ans- sw sw sw
Agonist muscles ("prime movers" cause a movement to occur through their own activation
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. (i.e. the triceps brachii contracts, producing a shortening contraction, during the up phas
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e of a push-
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up (elbow extension). In the bicep curl which produces flexion at the elbow, the biceps mu
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scle is the agonist) sw sw sw
Antagonist Muscle - ans- sw sw sw
The muscles that produce an opposing joint torque to the agonist muscles. This torque ca
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n aid in controlling a motion. The opposing torque can slow movement down -
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especially in the case of a ballistic movement.
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Fixator Muscle - ans- sw sw sw
A fixator is a stabilizer that acts to eliminate the unwanted movement of an agonist's, or pri
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me mover's, origin. (I.e. bicep curl - elbow flexion -
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by the biceps brachii. The biceps is attached at two places, proximally and distally. Its dist
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al attachment, the insertion, is to the radius. One of its proximal attachments, the origin, is
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to the scapula. When the biceps contracts it will tend to draw the radius and the scapula to
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gether. The movement of the scapula must be prevented. This is accomplished by fixators
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- the trapezius and rhomboids -
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which work isometrically to keep the scapula from moving on the torso
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Synergist Muscle - ans- sw sw sw
A synergist is another muscle, besides the agonist, that assists the movement of a joint ind
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irectly
Classic Conditioning - ans- sw sw sw
a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response which i
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s at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone (i.e.
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Pavlov's dog)
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Three Stages of Motor Learning - ans- sw sw sw sw sw sw
1. Cognitive Phase 2. Associative Phase 3. Autonomous Phase
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PLANNING, INSTRUCTION, AND
STUDENT ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Positive Transfer Learning - ans- sw sw sw sw
When something we've learned previously aids us in learning at a later time
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Distributed Practice - ans- sw sw sw
Also known as spaced practice, is a strategy of learning that makes use of smaller increm
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
ents of study and practice over a longer period of time
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Massed Practice - ans- sw sw sw
Utilizing longer study and practice periods over a short period of time.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Ballistic Movements - ans- sw sw sw
Muscle contractions that exhibit maximum velocities and accelerations over a very short p
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eriod of time. They exhibit high firing rates, high force production, and very brief contractio
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
n times (i.e. box jump or slam ball)
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Linear Movements - ans- sw sw sw
Movement of an object from one place to another in a straight or mostly straight line.
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Angular Movements - ans- sw sw sw
Are produced by changing the angle between the bones of a joint. (i.e. flexion, extension,
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
hyperextension, abduction, adduction, and circumduction) sw sw sw sw
Open Skills - ans- sw sw sw
An open skill is one that takes place in a dynamic and changing environment. (i.e. a basket
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ball player trying to attack the opponents' hoop - many variables)
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Closed Skills - ans- sw sw sw
A closed skill is a skill that takes place in a structured and static environment. (i.e. that sam
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, e basketball player taking a free-throw shot at the opponents' hoop -
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
distraction free and uninterrupted)
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Affective Skills - ans- sw sw sw
Relate to behaviors and attitudes that students need to learn in order to be effective in thei
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
r personal and professional lives (i.e. feelings, values, appreciation, enthusiasms, motivati
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
ons, and attitudes) sw sw
Interactive Skills - ans- sw sw sw
the general ability to interact with the external world to accomplish a task
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Agonist Muscle - ans- sw sw sw
Agonist muscles ("prime movers" cause a movement to occur through their own activation
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
. (i.e. the triceps brachii contracts, producing a shortening contraction, during the up phas
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
e of a push-
sw sw sw
up (elbow extension). In the bicep curl which produces flexion at the elbow, the biceps mu
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
scle is the agonist) sw sw sw
Antagonist Muscle - ans- sw sw sw
The muscles that produce an opposing joint torque to the agonist muscles. This torque ca
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
n aid in controlling a motion. The opposing torque can slow movement down -
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
especially in the case of a ballistic movement.
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Fixator Muscle - ans- sw sw sw
A fixator is a stabilizer that acts to eliminate the unwanted movement of an agonist's, or pri
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
me mover's, origin. (I.e. bicep curl - elbow flexion -
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
by the biceps brachii. The biceps is attached at two places, proximally and distally. Its dist
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
al attachment, the insertion, is to the radius. One of its proximal attachments, the origin, is
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
to the scapula. When the biceps contracts it will tend to draw the radius and the scapula to
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
gether. The movement of the scapula must be prevented. This is accomplished by fixators
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw s
- the trapezius and rhomboids -
w sw sw sw sw sw
which work isometrically to keep the scapula from moving on the torso
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
Synergist Muscle - ans- sw sw sw
A synergist is another muscle, besides the agonist, that assists the movement of a joint ind
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
irectly
Classic Conditioning - ans- sw sw sw
a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response which i
sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw sw
s at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone (i.e.
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Pavlov's dog)
w sw
Three Stages of Motor Learning - ans- sw sw sw sw sw sw
1. Cognitive Phase 2. Associative Phase 3. Autonomous Phase
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