Deck 10: Integrating Academic Concepts in Physical Education

Question 1

Physical education offers many opportunities for integrating subject matter and activity.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Academic integration is a primary outcome for physical education.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Physical education offers an outstanding setting for integration of academic concepts with minimal impact on the integrity of the physical education curriculum.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Research has shown purely positive results regarding integration as an effective method for teaching concepts.

Question 5

Accountability is NOT a good reason to use integration.

Question 6

By working with the classroom teachers, physical educators demonstrate their lack of understanding for student learning.

Question 7

Finding time to develop integrated lessons is NOT a legitimate concern.

Question 8

Physical education offers few good opportunities to teach the same concepts with different strategies than the classroom teacher.

Question 9

When reflecting on an integrated lesson it is important to make sure physical education activities were not sacrificed.

Question 10

The purpose of integrating academic content in physical education is to save elementary teachers time.

Question 11

Partner collaboration may involve a single classroom teacher and a physical education teacher, but it is more likely to involve a group of classroom teachers from a common grade level.

Question 12

The integrity of physical education should NOT be lost when integrating academic areas.

Question 13

The group collaboration model includes all of the following EXCEPT:

A) identifying a specific theme.
B) learning activities that cut across academic areas.
C) selecting one academic teacher to take the lead.
D) a fair amount of planning.

Question 14

Physical educators can help classroom teachers integrate physical education into the academic setting by:

A) giving feedback to the classroom teacher.
B) assisting the teachers with ideas and strategies for teaching physically active students.
C) informing the classroom teacher that he has little knowledge of what is being taught in physical education.
D) having the classroom teacher design an integrated lesson for physical education.

Question 15

Terms describing instruction that combines academic concepts from more than one subject include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) interdisciplinary.
B) multidisciplinary.
C) cross-disciplinary.
D) disciplinary.

Question 16

The benefits of integration include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) building goodwill in the school.
B) helping students who are kinesthetic learners.
C) teaching content in a new setting through a different method.
D) finding the time to develop the lessons.

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of integrating mathematics into physical education?

A) studying the origins of various activities
B) playing and studying games of different countries
C) exploring the origin and adaptation of present-day sports
D) estimation

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT an area of mathematics that can be integrated into physical education?

A) counting
B) directions
C) degrees and fractions
D) math terms

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of integrating social studies into physical education?

A) measuring your own and other students performances
B) playing and studying games of different countries
C) playing number hopscotch to develop number recognition and memory
D) studying the influences of weight on reaction

Question 20

Explain why physical education offers an outstanding setting for integration of academic concepts with minimal impact on the integrity of the physical education curriculum.

Question 21

Why should integration be a part of physical education?