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TEACHing tools and RESOURCES
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  • Dance - Overview and Resources
  • Dance - Folk and Line
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  • Dance - Ballroom and Social Dance​
  • Information and Resources for Professional Development​
  • ​Social Media Resources for Physical Educators​​
  • ​Teaching Evaluation Forms for Physical Educators​
  • ​Technology Guides for Physical Education
  • Apps for Physical Education
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  • ​Projector Uses in Physical Education
  • ​Virtual Reality in Physical Education
  • 360 Degree Photos and Videos in Physical Education
  • Augmented Reality and QR Codes in Physical Education

Growth Mindset & Multiple Intelligences

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  • 1.7.2 Teachers create a mastery-learning environment that encourages students to compete against previous personal performances or against a criterion score.
  • Effective Teaching Strategies - General
  • Effective Teaching Strategies - English Language Learners
  • Effective Teaching Strategies - ​Adapted Physical Education
  • ​​​Examples of Cross Disciplinary Activities​
  • Facilitating Discussions and Debriefs​
  • ​Social Justice and Diversity Resources
  • ​Advice for New Teachers
  • Miscellaneous Articles and Videos​
 
Growth mindset overview
Growth Mindset is the belief that abilities can be improved through effort and practice, and that mistakes should be seen as part of the process.
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Growth Mindset Poster
Fieldcrest Elementary School 
Growth Mindset Infographic
Nigel Holmes
LEARNING NEW MOTOR SKILLS
Below are the stages of learning for psychomotor skills (similar to the Generic Levels of Skill Proficiency). How fast one progresses to the motor or autonomous stage depends on the amount of practice; the experience you have with similar skills; and the required skill related fitness components such as agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time and speed. Pathway to Physical Literacy has a great resource with videos on various motor skills and their stages of learning. 

Stages​ of Learning with Examples from Dance
​1. Verbal-Cognitive Stage ​- You have to really think about each step to experience success. You may even be “talking” yourself through things. You may have difficulty staying with the beat of the music. Improvement in this stage is rapid.

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2. Motor Stage - You are able to perform the skill without thinking too hard. You can pay some attention to style and strategy. You may not be able to perform the skill perfectly, but you’ve got the basics down. You are able to stay with the beat of the music, but may have to concentrate to do so. Improvement in this stage is fairly slow.

​3. Autonomous Stage - You don’t have to think about how to do the skill at all. Your movements are automatic, and you can concentrate fully on style and strategy. Staying on beat is easy. Improvement in this stage is very slow.
GROWTH MINDSET RESOURCES
  • A National Experiment Reveals where a Growth Mindset Improves...
  • ​​Can Grit Be Addressed in #Physed?
  • Carol Dweck Explains the False Growth Mindset
  • Creating a Culture of Failure in #Physed​
  • Growth Mindset: Clearing up Some Common Confusions​​
  • How to Teach Positive Self-Talk
  • ​Practice Makes Possible: What We Learn By Studying Amazing Kids
  • ​​Praise That Makes Learners More Resilient
  • Resilience and Grit Homepage (Edutopia)
  • ​Why Understanding These Four Types of Mistakes Can Help Us Learn​

  • ​Freedom To Fail Rubric​
  • Growth Mindset Music Playlist
  • Growth Mindset Posters (Michael Gincola)​
  • ​Growth Mindset Posters (Christina Polatajko)
  • ​MindsetKit.org​
Multiple Intelligences overview
Intelligence should not be defined by your IQ, SAT, or any other traditional measurement of intelligence. According to Gardner's Multiple Intelligence theory, intelligence occurs over a large spectrum that includes visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, linguistic, and logical-mathematical intelligences. Each person has a unique combination of these, being stronger in some areas and weaker in others. As such, it is important for educators to deliver their lessons and assessments in variety of ways. This will help address the individual learning needs of your students and maximize achievement of the learning outcomes.
Multiple Intelligences Graphic
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Traditional vs Multiple Intelligences
This table describes the differences between what is considered traditional intelligence and multiple intelligences. Click Here for the Original Image.
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Traditional vs Multiple Intelligences
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Learning: Retention Rates
The following image illustrates the probability of retaining knowledge. The more modes of learning involved, the greater the chance that the desired knowledge will be retained. This is important when designing and presenting tasks to students. See this article for more information - ​Learning by Teaching Others is Extremely Effective.
Learning Retention Rates
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resources for MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
  • Multiple Intelligences Homepage (Edutopia)
  • Multiple Intelligences: What Does the Research Say?
  • Tapping into Multiple Intelligences
  • ​Multiple Intelligence Questionnaire 1
  • Multiple Intelligence Questionnaire 2

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