Measuring Psychomotor Skills

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Chapter 7

• Measuring Psychomotor Skills

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Psychomotor Domain

• emphasized in school settings
• includes
• skill-related physical fitness
• development of movement competence

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Stages of Movement Competencies

• body management
• fundamental skills
• locomotor
• non-locomotor
• manipulative
• specialized skills
• higher skill attainment

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Considerations for Testing

• Encourage maximum effort.
• Get to know each student.
• Provide effective demonstrations.
• Avoid potentially embarrassing situations.
• Test in a nonthreatening environment.
• Practice or simulate testing conditions.
• Recognize contraindicated activities.

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Uses of Psychomotor Tests

• Provide valid measurements.
• Classify students.
• Include item as a part of a more comprehensive
  set of tests.
• Assess performance to predict potential in
  particular activities.
• Motivate students to higher levels of skills
  performance.

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Uses of Psychomotor Tests (continued)

• Determine student achievement and grades.
• Developing class profiles.
• Assess instructional effectiveness in a specific
  unit of instruction.
• Diagnose motor deficiencies.
• Supplement and enrich class instruction.
• Explain the physical education program to various
  constituencies.

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Skill-Related Dimension

• agility
• balance
• coordination
• power
• speed
• reaction time

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Measuring Agility

• zig zag runs
• side-stepping
• obstacle runs
• shuttle runs

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Measuring Balance

• static balance ability to maintain equilibrium
  in a stationary position
• stork stand
• dynamic balance ability to move through space
  in a steady and stable manner
• balance beam walk

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Measuring Coordination

• coordination harmoniously integrate multiple
  gross motor skills into a smooth movement pattern
• Body Coordination Test
• Alternative assessments are often used.

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Measuring Power

• standing long jump
• vertical jump
• softball throw for distance (throwing power)

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Measuring Speed and Reaction

• Speed and reaction can be considered separately,
  but there is a relationship.
• 50 yard dash
• Hand Reaction Time Test

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Test Batteries for Skill-Related Physical Fitness

• Test of Gross Motor Development 2
• Texas Physical Motor Fitness/Developmental Tests
• Purdue Perceptual-Motor Survey
• Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency

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Test Batteries for Students with Disabilities

• Test of Gross Motor Development 2
• Purdue Perceptual-Motor Survey
• Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency
• Adapted Physical Education Assessment Scale
• Motor Fitness Testing Manual for the Moderately
  Mentally Retarded

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Measuring Basketball Skills

• AAHPERD Basketball Skills Test
• control dribble
• defensive movement
• passing
• speed spot shooting

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Measuring Football Skills

• AAHPER Football Skills Test
• ball-changing zigzag run
• catching a forward pass
• football pass for accuracy
• football punt for distance
• kickoff
• pull-out
• 50-yard dash with football

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Measuring Soccer Skills

• McDonald Soccer Test
• Soccer Battery
• dribbling
• heading
• juggling
• wall volleying

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Measuring Softball Skills

• AAHPER Softball Skills Tests (1966)
• base running
• catching fly balls
• fielding ground balls
• fungo hitting
• overhead throw for accuracy
• softball throw for distance

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Measuring Volleyball Skills

• AAHPER Volleyball Skills Test
• passing
• serving
• setting
• volleying
• High Wall-Volley Test

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Measuring Badminton Skills

• French Short-Serve Test
• Badminton Wall-Volley Test
• Poole Long-Serve Test

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Golf

• Green Golf Skills Battery
• chip shot
• long putt
• middle-distance shot
• pitch shot
• Indoor Golf Skill Test

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Racquetball

• Racquetball Skills Test
• Short Wall-Volley Test
• Long Wall-Volley Test

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Tennis

• Revision of the Dyer Backboard Test
• Hewitts Tennis Achievement Test
• Forehand and Backhand Drive
• Service Placement Test

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Using Alternative Assessments

• Carefully designed checklists and rating scales
  (scoring rubrics) can be used for assessing the
  psychomotor domain.
• student projects
• event tasks
• peer assessment
• self-assessment
• teacher observation