Teaching And Learning, Spring (Lecture 6)

Question 1

What are the types of learning?

Answer 1

• auditory - receiving & processing verbal instruction
• visual
• kinesthetic - both proprioceptive and vestibular

Question 2

What are the stages of learning (3)?

Answer 2

1. Cognitive phase
2. Intermediate phase
3. Automatic phase

Question 3

Teaching styles
What would be the benefits of both?

Answer 3

1. Teacher led:
   - drills and progression
   - reciprocal teaching
   - guided discovery
   - problem solving
   Benefits - teacher knows more, can see what you’re doing wrong, can give guidance, reduces risk of injury or doing it wrong
2. Learner led
   - problem solving
   - guided discovery
   - reciprocal teaching
   - drills and progression
   Benefits - knowledge will stick longer if you learn yourself,

Question 4

Ways to increase safety

Answer 4

1. Lower apparatus, raise matting
2. Provide more lead-up activities to a skill
3. Better physical preparation of athletes
4. Disallow certain skills until gymnasts are more prepared to do it by themselves
5. LANDING: teach them to manage their own bodies

Question 5

Class management strategies

Answer 5

1. Getting their attention
2. Herding the wee ones
3. Getting the class into groups

Question 6

Maximizing participation

Answer 6

1. Taking attendance
2. Warm-up stretching
3. Waiting for turns
4. Changing stations

Question 7

What are springs? Think back to fundamental movement patterns

Answer 7

Springs are a type of linear non stationary movement

Question 8

Springing fundamentals

Answer 8

1. Powerful muscles in take off limbs
2. Rigid body
3. Use of non support limbs to increase force

Question 9

Springing devices

Answer 9

1. Mini trampoline
2. Beat board

Question 10

The learning process

Answer 10

Learning can be thought of as ‘a relatively permanent change that is the result of experience

Question 11

The cognitive (understanding) phase

Answer 11

• Getting the “feel” of a skill
• Trial and error, eliminate incorrect responses
• Do not over-teach, do not over-verbalize
• Gymnast has many cues and responses that later will be automatic

Question 12

The intermediate phase

Answer 12

Noticeable learning takes place
- Errors are gradually being eliminated, performance more consistent
- Models important at this stage
- Verbalization = via key words

Question 13

The automatic phase

Answer 13

• Performance consistent and automatic
• Fine-tuning stage
• specific parts to a skill can be isolated for conscious improvement