NYSTCE Physical Education (076) Flashcards

According to the fundamental movement skills progression, which stage should a typical 7-year-old who has received quality instruction be expected to reach in throwing?

Answer: Mature stage — full trunk rotation, contralateral step, hip-to-shoulder sequential rotation

With quality instruction, most children reach the mature stage of fundamental movement skills (FMS) by age 6–8. The mature throwing pattern includes a contralateral step, hip-to-shoulder sequential rotation, and full trunk rotation. Without instruction, many children remain in elementary stage far longer.

A PE teacher designs a fitness unit using the FITT principle. Which of the following correctly applies FITT to improve cardiovascular endurance in middle school students?

Answer: Frequency: 3–5 days/week; Intensity: 60–85% max HR; Time: 20–60 minutes; Type: aerobic activity

ACSM and SHAPE America guidelines for cardiovascular endurance recommend 3–5 days/week, moderate-to-vigorous intensity (60–85% max HR), 20–60 minutes per session, using aerobic activities. The other options misapply intensity, time, or type.

Which teaching style, on Mosston and Ashworth's Spectrum, requires students to make all pre-impact, impact, and post-impact decisions while the teacher acts as an observer?

Answer: Self-teaching style (Style I)

In Style I (Self-Teaching/Self-Learning) on Mosston's Spectrum, the learner makes all decisions in all three decision sets (pre-, during-, and post-impact). The command style has the teacher making all decisions; practice style shifts post-impact decisions to the learner; self-check adds self-evaluation.

A student's resting heart rate is 70 bpm. Using the Karvonen (heart rate reserve) formula and a target intensity of 70%, what is the approximate target heart rate if maximal HR is 200 bpm?

Answer: 161 bpm

HRR = Max HR – Resting HR = 200 – 70 = 130 bpm. Target HR = (HRR × intensity%) + Resting HR = (130 × 0.70) + 70 = 91 + 70 = 161 bpm. This is the Karvonen method, which accounts for individual resting HR unlike the simpler percentage-of-max method.

Which of the following assessment tools is MOST appropriate for evaluating student achievement in psychomotor skills in a PE class?

Answer: A rubric-based performance assessment of dribbling technique observed during a game

Psychomotor learning requires observation-based performance assessment. A rubric applied during authentic skill performance (dribbling in a game context) directly measures motor skill execution. Written tests assess cognitive knowledge; surveys and fitness batteries measure different domains.

Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, what is a PE teacher's primary obligation regarding coed physical education classes?

Answer: Ensure equal opportunity and eliminate sex discrimination in instructional activities, grouping students by ability rather than sex except in contact sports

Title IX requires equal opportunity in PE, prohibiting sex-based grouping except in contact sports (where separation is permitted but not required). Ability grouping, not sex-based grouping, is the appropriate organizational method to ensure equitable instruction.