PGA LEVEL 3 ADVANCED TEACHING AND
COACHING 2026 PRACTICE QUESTION SET
ONE
◉ What do reflective teachers examine in addition to instructional
content and activities? Answer: One's values and beliefs as a teacher
◉ How should teachers reflect on their own teaching? Answer:
Develop a post-lesson daily routine of reflecting
◉ What has the most impact on developing teaching skills? Answer:
Experience
◉ What is a major disadvantage of directed observation and its use
in evaluating teaching performance? Answer: Two people watching
the same teacher may come to entirely different conclusions
◉ What reflective teaching technique allows an instructor to review
and analyze why he made specific decisions? Answer: Keeping a
journal
◉ What is the least reliable way to ascertain an instructor's teaching
skills? Answer: Directed observation
,◉ In addition to being subjective, what is another disadvantage of
using directed observation? Answer: Weaknesses take center stage,
strengths get limited attention
◉ Which analytic technique pays the biggest dividend in improving
teaching? Answer: Systematic observation
◉ What has to happen before teaching skills needing improvement
can be identified? Answer: Regular assessments and reflections
◉ What practice can teachers develop to reduce the amount of
required thought in a lesson so that the focus is on the student's
learning needs? Answer: Establishing routines
◉ What do instructional routines allow the teacher to focus on
during a lesson? Answer: The student's learning needs
◉ What provides the ultimate feedback on instructional success?
Answer: Talking with and listening to students
◉ What is a benefit of a professional association membership?
Answer: Serves as a knowledge source
, ◉ An instructor uses a new teaching technique during a lesson that
is unsuccessful. What course of action should the teacher take?
Answer: Analyze the cause of failure, make corrections, try it again
◉ The landscape of golf's core customer base is shifting from
targeting existing golfers to what customer demographic? Answer:
Entire families
◉ What core business area of a facility is often undervalued by key
decision makers? Answer: Teaching
◉ What is one of the primary reasons customers take lessons?
Answer: To acquire skills to entertain others
◉ What reason best describes why customers avoid participating in
tournaments? Answer: They feel they don't play well enough
◉ What is often overlooked by outstanding teaching professionals
when building a teaching business? Answer: Communicating the
value of the teaching program
◉ Effective teaching programs are similar to which other
development model? Answer: Ski schools
COACHING 2026 PRACTICE QUESTION SET
ONE
◉ What do reflective teachers examine in addition to instructional
content and activities? Answer: One's values and beliefs as a teacher
◉ How should teachers reflect on their own teaching? Answer:
Develop a post-lesson daily routine of reflecting
◉ What has the most impact on developing teaching skills? Answer:
Experience
◉ What is a major disadvantage of directed observation and its use
in evaluating teaching performance? Answer: Two people watching
the same teacher may come to entirely different conclusions
◉ What reflective teaching technique allows an instructor to review
and analyze why he made specific decisions? Answer: Keeping a
journal
◉ What is the least reliable way to ascertain an instructor's teaching
skills? Answer: Directed observation
,◉ In addition to being subjective, what is another disadvantage of
using directed observation? Answer: Weaknesses take center stage,
strengths get limited attention
◉ Which analytic technique pays the biggest dividend in improving
teaching? Answer: Systematic observation
◉ What has to happen before teaching skills needing improvement
can be identified? Answer: Regular assessments and reflections
◉ What practice can teachers develop to reduce the amount of
required thought in a lesson so that the focus is on the student's
learning needs? Answer: Establishing routines
◉ What do instructional routines allow the teacher to focus on
during a lesson? Answer: The student's learning needs
◉ What provides the ultimate feedback on instructional success?
Answer: Talking with and listening to students
◉ What is a benefit of a professional association membership?
Answer: Serves as a knowledge source
, ◉ An instructor uses a new teaching technique during a lesson that
is unsuccessful. What course of action should the teacher take?
Answer: Analyze the cause of failure, make corrections, try it again
◉ The landscape of golf's core customer base is shifting from
targeting existing golfers to what customer demographic? Answer:
Entire families
◉ What core business area of a facility is often undervalued by key
decision makers? Answer: Teaching
◉ What is one of the primary reasons customers take lessons?
Answer: To acquire skills to entertain others
◉ What reason best describes why customers avoid participating in
tournaments? Answer: They feel they don't play well enough
◉ What is often overlooked by outstanding teaching professionals
when building a teaching business? Answer: Communicating the
value of the teaching program
◉ Effective teaching programs are similar to which other
development model? Answer: Ski schools
