PE Grade 10 Dance Unit Questionnaire

    This assignment will be worth 10% of your total mark for the dance unit. Full marks will be given to those students that fill out the questionnaire and return it to the teacher BEFORE the beginning of the unit (date?). Please be truthful, as no extra marks will be given to those with previous dance experience. This questionnaire will be confidential and will be used by the teacher to assess the abilities of the class in order to create a fun, effective and ability-appropriate dance unit.


1. Please state any dance experiences you have had in the past such as ballet, tap, jazz, jive, swing, break-dancing, hip-hop etc.. (In past Pe classes as well).



2. How would you rate your present dancing skills? (Please circle)


POOR        MODERATE        GOOD        EXCELLENT


3. Have you done any Jive in the past?  Yes or NO

Please circle the level at which you would describe your skill level at the JIVE.

POOR        MODERATE        GOOD        EXCELLENT

4. Have you ever done any line dancing before?  YES or NO

Please circle the level at which you would describe your skill level at the LINE  DANCING.

POOR        MODERATE        GOOD        EXCELLENT

5. Please describe how you feel about dancing in general. Please circle any and all appropriate answers below:

*I don't like dancing        *I am not very good at dancing
*I would rather play sports    *I am afraid people will laugh at me
*I think dancing is fun    *We should do more dancing in PE
*We never learn dances we can do outside of PE
*Dancing is something only girls do

6. Is there any dance related field trips that you fell would enhance a dance unit? If yes, please specify.

7. What do you want to get out of a dance unit?

8. What do you think are some of the physical, cognitive and social benefits that could be derived through dancing?