FTCE Physical Education K-12 Practice Test
Questions and Answers
1. The British tradition of fair play is used by educators in physical
education programs to
promote: sportsmanship in students.
2. Using national and state standards to guide effective development of
a curriculum will ideally
result in a program that: reflects continuity and coherence across the K-12 scope.
3. In a 4th-grade class, a physical education teacher groups students
into sets of two to work
together. One student identifies the source of mistakes made by the
second student. On
the teacher's predetermined signal, the students switch roles. Based on
this information,
which of the following curriculum models is the teacher using?: Peer Teaching
Model
4. Which of the following best illustrates a benefit that physical
education stu-dents receive from
cross-curricular links?: increased awareness by students of the relevance of all subjects
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, 5. Which of the following soccer modifications would increase the
probability of success for all
players?: widening the goal
6. In the attribution motivational theory, teachers would most prefer their
stu-dents to: ascribe their successes and failures to factors within their own control.
7. Which of the following teaching strategies arranges the physical
education environment so
that two or more tasks are going on in a class simultaneously in
different places?: station teaching
8. After observing students throwing a ball, a physical education teacher
deter-mines that most
of them are unable to throw the ball 30 yards and they are not using a
mature throwing
pattern. To develop this skill, the teacher's next step should be to: conduct
lessons
that emphasize throwing with varied effort.
9. A student achieves a feeling of satisfaction and enjoyment as a
result of regular participation
in physical activities. This best describes which type of development?:
affective
2/
15
Questions and Answers
1. The British tradition of fair play is used by educators in physical
education programs to
promote: sportsmanship in students.
2. Using national and state standards to guide effective development of
a curriculum will ideally
result in a program that: reflects continuity and coherence across the K-12 scope.
3. In a 4th-grade class, a physical education teacher groups students
into sets of two to work
together. One student identifies the source of mistakes made by the
second student. On
the teacher's predetermined signal, the students switch roles. Based on
this information,
which of the following curriculum models is the teacher using?: Peer Teaching
Model
4. Which of the following best illustrates a benefit that physical
education stu-dents receive from
cross-curricular links?: increased awareness by students of the relevance of all subjects
1/
15
, 5. Which of the following soccer modifications would increase the
probability of success for all
players?: widening the goal
6. In the attribution motivational theory, teachers would most prefer their
stu-dents to: ascribe their successes and failures to factors within their own control.
7. Which of the following teaching strategies arranges the physical
education environment so
that two or more tasks are going on in a class simultaneously in
different places?: station teaching
8. After observing students throwing a ball, a physical education teacher
deter-mines that most
of them are unable to throw the ball 30 yards and they are not using a
mature throwing
pattern. To develop this skill, the teacher's next step should be to: conduct
lessons
that emphasize throwing with varied effort.
9. A student achieves a feeling of satisfaction and enjoyment as a
result of regular participation
in physical activities. This best describes which type of development?:
affective
2/
15
