Student Learning

Student learning will be assessed many ways to provide an accurate measure of skills, and tactics as well as understanding.

The first form of assessment will be the Games Performance Assessment Instrument (GPAI)

The GPAI is a good tool for teachers to use to observe and read game performance behaviors of their students.  It consists of breaking the class up into pairs and each student receives a worksheet with the GPAI criteria for the particular skill being evaluated. While one partner is playing, his/her partner analysizes his/her partners game performance and behaviors. There are three behavioural components to look at. These behaviors consist of:

1.  Decision making: Making appropriate choices about ball handling during possession
2.  Skill execution: Efficient use of skill performance (eg. accuracy, ready position, passing)
3.  Support: Making appropriate off-the-ball movements to a position to receive a pass (eg. creating angles)

Each behavior is broken down into either appropriate/inappropriate for decision making and either efficient/inefficient for skill execution.

Example of a blank GPAI
Example of a completed GPAI

The second form of evaluating student learning is that of a written test. The purpose of this test is not to have the participants study for hours to get a passing grade but to find out how well the participant understand the content and rules of the games. The written test mark should not be weighted to create a pass/fail for the participants.

The third form of evaluation is individual skill testing. This can be assessed in two ways.
1. You can do an initial test and a final test to give a mark on each individuals improvement.
2. You can test at the end of the unit and give a mark based on set norms.

Teaching Instruction

In order to have every student participating within your lesson, an effective tool is to get those students who are unable to participate to assess the teachers instruction. This can be accomplished using both "time on task" sheets and "organization" sheets.

1. Time on task sheets
This is a very good resource to use as a teacher because it supplies the teacher with adequate feedback about the lesson.  A time on task recording sheet is a system of observation in which teachers receive feedback on  teacher talking, managment and organization, student engagement.

Example of a blank "Time on task" sheet
Example of a completed "Time on task" sheet

2. Organization sheets
Another useful tool to evaluate each lesson is a lesson organization.  It is similar to the time on task recording sheet except that this sheet deals with the organization of students, equipment, safety, groups and space.  It supplies feedback to the teacher as to what went well and what could be changed in order to make the lesson run more smoothly.

Example of a blank "Organization" sheet
Example of a completed "Organization" sheet