CAPE CAPE Curriculum Design & Adapted Activities 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student uses a power wheelchair. Which striking activity adaptation is most appropriate for a volleyball unit?
- Exclude the student from all volleyball activities
- Use a balloon and lower the net for seated striking (Correct answer)
- Require the student to transfer to the floor
- Use a standard volleyball with no modifications
Correct answer: Use a balloon and lower the net for seated striking
A balloon moves slowly enough for power wheelchair users to track and strike, and a lowered net accommodates the seated position.
Question 2: Which type of physical education placement places a student with a disability in a general PE class with supplementary support?
- Separate adapted PE class
- Reverse integration
- Inclusive placement with support services (Correct answer)
- Homebound instruction
Correct answer: Inclusive placement with support services
Inclusive placement with support keeps the student in the general education PE environment while providing accommodations and specialist support.
Question 3: Which game modification strategy changes the rules to reduce competitive pressure and increase participation?
- Space modification
- Equipment modification
- Rule modification (Correct answer)
- Time modification
Correct answer: Rule modification
Rule modifications alter how a game is played to reduce barriers, lower pressure, and increase successful participation for all students.
Question 4: What does the term 'reverse integration' mean in adapted physical education?
- Students with disabilities attend general PE only
- Students without disabilities participate in an adapted PE setting (Correct answer)
- Students rotate between adapted and general PE weekly
- Students are removed from PE to receive therapy
Correct answer: Students without disabilities participate in an adapted PE setting
Reverse integration brings students without disabilities into an adapted PE setting to promote social interaction and peer modeling.
Question 5: Which curriculum framework prioritizes movement concepts such as body awareness, space awareness, effort, and relationships?
- Sport Education model
- Movement Education / Laban framework (Correct answer)
- Personal-social responsibility model
- Fitness education model
Correct answer: Movement Education / Laban framework
Rudolf Laban's movement education framework organizes content around body, space, effort, and relationship concepts applicable to all movers.
Question 6: An APE specialist designs a unit where students with and without disabilities play wheelchair basketball together. This best exemplifies which concept?
- Exclusionary practice
- Disability simulation only
- Unified sports model (Correct answer)
- Separate but equal instruction
Correct answer: Unified sports model
The unified sports model, promoted by Special Olympics, integrates athletes with and without intellectual disabilities on the same teams.
CAPE CAPE Curriculum Design & Adapted Activities 2
A student uses a power wheelchair.
Which striking activity adaptation is most appropriate for a volleyball unit?