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Motor Differences Week 1
Motor Differences Week 1
Motor Differences Week 1
SYSTEMATICOBSERVATIONS
Motordifferencesinhigher&lowerskilledstudents
School Site: Cleveland Elementary
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. Ball Toss
2. Ball Toss
3. Ball Toss
4. Ball Toss
5. Relay Race
6. Relay Race
Higher Skilled
Great technique. Front foot
forward, arm reaching back and
great throw.
Student was able to perform all
COTS of the skill and performed
the throw with ease.
Great technique. Front foot
forward, arm reaching back and
great throw.
Student Had great form and
performed well but got bored
because it was too easy.
Student ran without knocking over
the cone and was able to jump
with hoola hoop.
Student was able to run with no
problem, did the hoola hoops but
knocked over a cone.
Lower Skilled
Student stepped with the opposite
foot and had throw went higher
rather than to their partner.
Student did not keep eyes on their
partner and therefore the ball
landed somewhere else when
thrown.
Student did not step with front foo
and just stood still when throwing
the ball.
Student stepped with the opposite
foot and had throw went higher
rather than to their partner.
Student knocked a cone down
while running but was able to do
some hoola hoop hops.
Student knocked over multiple
cones and could not perform the
hoola hoop hop.
7. Relay Race
8. Relay Race