MTEL PE Practice: Physical Development & Motor LearningOnline version
MTEL Physical Education Practice
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Which of the following intellectual milestones is most closely associated with the adolescent stage of human growth and development?
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Which of the following best describes the usual progression of physical growth in infants and toddlers?
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Maximum physical strength for both males and females is generally achieved after age 20 because this is typically the time in which:
4
In general, heredity plays the largest role in influencing which area of personal growth and development?
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Which of the following is a recommended nutritional practice to promote optimal growth and development in young children?
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In the skeletal system, the function of tendons is to:
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Which of the following is an accurate description of the way in which a muscle group generates force during an exercise such as a standing barbell curl?
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The ability to time movements to intercept a moving object, such as when catching a ball, is most dependent on an individual's ability to integrate motor behaviors with:
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The tendency of female adolescents to exhibit greater motor control on a balance beam than male adolescents is largely due to females':
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In a typical progression of motor skill development, which of the following skills is generally most difficult for children to master?
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Which of the following is characteristic of performance of an open motor skill?
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A student is learning a new complex motor skill. The student will most likely benefit from the principle of transfer of learning if the:
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In which stage of motor learning are students typically capable of detecting errors in their own motor performance and taking steps to correct them, but cannot yet eliminate them?
14
Swimming strokes such as the crawl are defined as continuous or repetitive motor tasks because the:
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Which of the following locomotor skills is typically most difficult for five year olds to perform?
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Which of the following is an appropriate technique to emphasize to children who are practicing throwing a ball using an underhand throw?
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Which of the following techniques is most appropriate for players to keep in mind when dribbling a soccer ball?
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For forehand and backhand volleys in tennis, which of the following techniques leads to a pivot on the back foot and a step toward the net, thus allowing a player to contact the ball in front of the body?
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In a physical education activity, elementary students work in pairs with a ball. First, partners face each other a few feet apart and gently toss the ball back and forth. Then the partners gradually move farther and farther apart, throwing and catching the ball until they are too far apart to throw or catch the ball successfully. This activity is most likely designed to promote student understanding of which of the following concepts?
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Which of the following principles best describes why individuals with large body builds tend to excel at physical activities that require a great degree of stability?
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An isometric muscle action is characterized by the production of force:
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When a baseball or tennis player swings a bat or racket, the greatest amount of force will be delivered to the ball at impact when:
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During a backhand disc throw, keeping the back of the hand parallel with the ground and releasing the disc flat rather than at an angle are techniques used to:
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During an adolescent growth spurt in which a student's arms and legs grow longer, the proportion of limb-to-torsolength often changes, resulting in:
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One important reason why a toddler learns to run several months after learning to walk is because in comparison to walking, running:
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