Dr. Wyant (2013). Sport Pedagogy.

SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATIONS
Motor differences in higher & lower skilled students
School Site: Cleveland Elementary

Date: 11/03/14

Activity Observed: Setting and Bumping

Grade/Age Level: 4th

DIRECTIONS: You will observe many children performing many different kinds of skills. Select 8 (or as
many as you can) different tasks and describe how the high skilled students and the low skilled students are
performing.

Task
1 Jumping Jacks
2 Jump
3 Karaoke
4 Run
5 bumping
6 bumping
7 bumping

Higher Skilled

Lower Skilled

Students were able to exhibit full

range of motion
Students were able to effectively
bend their knees for a nice high
jump
Students were able to perform the
skill in a nice fluid motion
Students were able to swing arms
with full range of motion while
lifting their knees for the skill
Students were able to make
contact with the ball with both of
their forearms/hands
Students were able to execute the
correct cues of the skill in a fluid
motion
Students were able to shrug
shoulders with arms parallel to the
ground

Students were limited in their

vertical mobility and could not
clap their hands above their heads
Students did not bend their knees
and barely got off the ground for
their jump
Students movement were rigid
and did not exhibit full range of
motion for the skill
Students did not swing arms up
and down with full engagement of
their legs for the skill
Students were not able to make
contact with the ball with both
arms in the same direction
Students were not able to execute
the cues of the skill in correct
order
Students were not able to maintain
parallel arms while shrugging
shoulders and swung arms in
upward motion instead

Teacher Christopher Ngo

Time spent @ site 31:41

Observer Christopher Ngo

11/03/14
(Date)