PGA Level 1 Teaching & Coaching Exam
Questions and Answers Graded A+
Improvement in golf skill performance due to increased strength and flexibility as
a result of participation in a fitness program is that learning has taken place. (T/F) -
Correct answer-False
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student will be able to
learn a skill from a verbal suggestion. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when
learning a new skill. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous
phase of learning. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor
program memory to be forgotten. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress through the 3 phases
of golf skill learning. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
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,Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were
caused by changes in motivation. (T/F) - Correct answer-False
3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning - Correct answer-1) Early (cognitive), 2)
Intermediate (associative), 3) Advanced (autonomous)
Memory - Correct answer-An internal representation of an event, experience, or
something learned, and is about its storage and retrieval.
Retention - Correct answer-Persistence or durability over time of something
learned.
A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is evidence that
learning has occurred. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
As learning takes place there are 4 performance characteristics observed. What are
they? - Correct answer-Improvement, consistency, persistence, adaptability
According to the Challenge Point Framework, the level of difficulty should be
increased as a player improves or becomes familiar with how swing movements
feel. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as
evidence for learning? (T/F) - Correct answer-False
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,One-minute is about the short term memory storage capacity for new cognitive
information before it is lost due to inattention? (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. (T/F) - Correct
answer-True
Intrinsic Feedback - Correct answer-Comes solely from the student and arises as a
natural consequence of the performed skill.
Augmented Feedback - Correct answer-Received from a source external to the
performer that supplements the intrinsic feedback.
Performance is: - Correct answer-Observable Behavior
Learning is not: - Correct answer-Observable Behavior
What is an indication that learning has occurred? - Correct answer-When a
relatively permanent change in performance has occurred.
Outcome Measures - Correct answer-simply focus on what happens as a result of
the movement.
What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill learning? - Correct
answer-The student may have cognitive self-talk aloud, lack confidence, and fear
of failure.
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, What should instructors teach their students in the early learning phase? - Correct
answer-1)Explain and demonstrate the new skill or correction, 2)CLEARLY point
out appropriate cues, 3)Encourage students to exercise patience in learning and 4)
Encourage positive and rational self talk.
How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to play on the
course in the intermediate phase? - Correct answer-Transfer Practice
What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? - Correct answer-If a student
has been chipping on flat lie, move the student to uneven lies.
What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? - Correct answer-If the
student takes a lesson and then practices three times that week, how will the skill
hold up after two weeks with no practice.
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal challenge
point? - Correct answer-the middle ground between being under challenged and
over challenged.
According to the Gentile's Model what is the second stage of learning called? -
Correct answer-Fixation/Diversification Stage
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place.
(T/F) - Correct answer-False
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Questions and Answers Graded A+
Improvement in golf skill performance due to increased strength and flexibility as
a result of participation in a fitness program is that learning has taken place. (T/F) -
Correct answer-False
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student will be able to
learn a skill from a verbal suggestion. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when
learning a new skill. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous
phase of learning. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor
program memory to be forgotten. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress through the 3 phases
of golf skill learning. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
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,Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were
caused by changes in motivation. (T/F) - Correct answer-False
3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning - Correct answer-1) Early (cognitive), 2)
Intermediate (associative), 3) Advanced (autonomous)
Memory - Correct answer-An internal representation of an event, experience, or
something learned, and is about its storage and retrieval.
Retention - Correct answer-Persistence or durability over time of something
learned.
A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is evidence that
learning has occurred. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
As learning takes place there are 4 performance characteristics observed. What are
they? - Correct answer-Improvement, consistency, persistence, adaptability
According to the Challenge Point Framework, the level of difficulty should be
increased as a player improves or becomes familiar with how swing movements
feel. (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as
evidence for learning? (T/F) - Correct answer-False
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,One-minute is about the short term memory storage capacity for new cognitive
information before it is lost due to inattention? (T/F) - Correct answer-True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. (T/F) - Correct
answer-True
Intrinsic Feedback - Correct answer-Comes solely from the student and arises as a
natural consequence of the performed skill.
Augmented Feedback - Correct answer-Received from a source external to the
performer that supplements the intrinsic feedback.
Performance is: - Correct answer-Observable Behavior
Learning is not: - Correct answer-Observable Behavior
What is an indication that learning has occurred? - Correct answer-When a
relatively permanent change in performance has occurred.
Outcome Measures - Correct answer-simply focus on what happens as a result of
the movement.
What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill learning? - Correct
answer-The student may have cognitive self-talk aloud, lack confidence, and fear
of failure.
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, What should instructors teach their students in the early learning phase? - Correct
answer-1)Explain and demonstrate the new skill or correction, 2)CLEARLY point
out appropriate cues, 3)Encourage students to exercise patience in learning and 4)
Encourage positive and rational self talk.
How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to play on the
course in the intermediate phase? - Correct answer-Transfer Practice
What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? - Correct answer-If a student
has been chipping on flat lie, move the student to uneven lies.
What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? - Correct answer-If the
student takes a lesson and then practices three times that week, how will the skill
hold up after two weeks with no practice.
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal challenge
point? - Correct answer-the middle ground between being under challenged and
over challenged.
According to the Gentile's Model what is the second stage of learning called? -
Correct answer-Fixation/Diversification Stage
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place.
(T/F) - Correct answer-False
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