Dr. Wyant (2013). Sport Pedagogy.

SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATIONS
Motor differences in higher & lower skilled students
School Site: __Cleveland Elementary_______

Date: ___2/19/2015 _

Activity Observed: _Movement Concepts___

Grade/Age Level: _4th_

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 High Five Tag

2 Football Routes
-

Hook
Curl
Slant
Fly

Higher Skilled

Lower Skilled

- Cooperates with others

- Helps others by high-fiving them
to unfreeze
- Demonstrates positive behavior
- Shows ability to chase, flee, and
dodge
- Ability to physically perform the
routes without hesitation
- Ability to differentiate each route
- Ability to work together with
peers to either receive a pass or
throw a pass
- Cooperates and communicates
with others
- Switches roles between passer,
receiver, and observer

- Does not participate or shows no

desire to play
- Improper tagging techniques
- Does not help those who are
frozen
- Impedes game flow
- Doesnt perform the routes
correctly or has trouble with
learning the route(s)
- Doing something else on the side
- Doesnt cooperate with peers
- Doesnt switch roles

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Teacher ___Richard Bergstrom_________ Time spent @ site ___1 hour____
Observer __________________________________ / ____2/29/2015_______
(Date)

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Teacher ___Richard Bergstrom_________ Time spent @ site ___1 hour____

Observer __________________________________ / ____2/29/2015_______
(Date)