In
the Physical Education classroom, students need to be continually assessed
and evaluated so that the teacher and the student can work together on
improving the student’s progress and performance.Gymnastics
is a sport that is very technically and physically demanding. Therefore,
to best help a student improve their skills a teacher must utilize several
different methods of assessment.By
using more than one type of assessment tool, the teacher can have a better
idea of the student’s progress, and the student will also have a better
idea of where they are in terms of skill and performance.
The
best way to assess students is to use a variety of methods: teacher assessment,
peer assessment, and self-assessment.This
allows for several different perspectives on a student’s performance, and
it gives the student multiple sources of feedback from which they can learn.
The
assessment tools that will be used shall include the following:
1.Participation
Records-did the student participate? Did they perform/attempt to perform
the skill(s)?
2.Short
& Long Term Observation Reports-How did the student perform on a particular
day?Over the unit?Note
improvement, and areas in need of improvement.
3.Peer
Assessment Tools-the Reciprocal Style will make use of this.The
students will be given task cards, and while one student performs, the
other observes and does a peer assessment.
4.Self
Assessment Tools- the Self Check Style will be used for this.The
student will be given a check list of important points of a skill that
they must master.They then perform
the skill, and assess themselves, using the checklist as a guide.
5.Performance
Assessment- in the last class of the unit, the students will perform a
floor routine for the class.The
teacher, the class, and the group themselves will assess the performance,
using the Floor Routine Assessment Sheet.The
requirements are as follows:
| Skill | Student Assessment:
Was the skill performed? |
Self Assessment:
Skill performance /5 |
Teacher Assessment:
Skill performance /5 |
| Front Support | |||
| Rear Support | |||
| Front Roll | |||
| Backward Safety Roll | |||
| Headstand | |||
| Half Handstand | |||
| 2 Jumps | |||
| Flow between skills | |||
| Bonus: Creativity | |||
| Total |
There
are eight (8) required components that must be performed for the group
of students to get full marks.The
students will be given time to practice their routines during the two classes
just prior to the performance day.
The
peer assessment will consist of observation and completion of a check-list.The
observers will carefully observe the performance, noting what skills the
performers included, and then complete the checklist to see if they met
the performance requirements.
The
self-assessment will include a checklist, and it will include an affective
personal assessment as well where the student performers indicate how they
felt while performing, and how they felt their performance went.
The
teacher assessment of the student performers will include a checklist to
make sure the objectives are met.It
will also include marks given for the skills performed out of 5.
SAFETY
QUIZ
These are a few sample
questions that could be used on a brief safety test given at the beginning
of the second lesson.
Note: This is a short
quiz, but please take your time and answer the questions carefully, explaining
yourself when necessary.
1. Why do we need
mats in gymnastics?
Falcon
Gymnastics Field Trip-WORKSHEET
This will be handed
out as part of the field trip to Falcon Gymnastics. It will handed
out before the field trip so that they have an idea of what to be looking
for and thinking about during the field trip. This assignment will
be a completion mark for participation.
List ten (10) different
apparatus (pieces of gymnastics equipment) that you saw at Falcon Gymnastics:
Now think of and
list at least one (1) activity or skill that can be performed at each apparatus
that you listed.
1.
What activity did
you enjoy the most? Why?
What activity did
you enjoy the least? Why?
What activity or
activities would you like to do more of? Why?
What activity or
activities would you like to try?
List five (5) safety
concerns that every participant must know and follow at Falcon:
1.
