Dr. Wyant (2013). Sport Pedagogy.

SYSTEMATICOBSERVATIONS
Motordifferencesinhigher&lowerskilledstudents
School Site: Cleveland Elementary
Activity Observed:

Date: 10/30/14
Grade/Age Level: 3rd

DIRECTIONS: You will observe many children performing many different kinds of skills. Select 8 (or as many
as you can) different tasks and describe how the high skilled students and the low skilled students are
performing.

Task
1. Halloween costumes

2. Soccer Dribbling

3. Partner dribble

Higher Skilled

Lower Skilled

Faith: She was really into the

Halloween costumes and was
happy when she could act out
different costumes.

Damian: He wasnt participating

and he was also disrupting the
learning environment for other
people because he was trying to
kick people and mess with other
people.
Anmarie: She was dribbling like
Avonte: He didnt want to follow
she was supposed to and switching directions and was passing the
lines like she was supposed to. She soccer ball when he was supposed
was helping herself get better as
to dribble the soccer ball, and just
well as the people in her group.
willing chose not to participate.
Julius: He was dribbling back and Alexander: Him and his partner
forth to his partner and was
werent really engaged in the
following the directions. He was
activity and he was messing
engaged in the lesson and seemed around and not dribbling the
to be having fun
soccer ball.

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