Student Scholars Day

Physical Educators Playing with Technology: Creating and Evaluating Motor Development Screencasts

Henry Hall Atrium 81

Research has demonstrated that there is a significant gap between assessment theory taught to pre-service physical educators and practice in the physical education setting. One of the most critical skills necessary in successful assessment is the ability to observe. Observational skills in physical education demand movement analysis and subsequent translation of this visual analysis into a series of criteria. The TGMD II provides criteria for motor skills taught to children in elementary school. This study sought to determine the effectiveness of pre-service physical educators utilizing screencasts of motor skills found in the TGMD II compared to pre-service physical educators who studied the images found in the TGMD II manual. The primary issue was whether pre-service physical educators who watch screencasts become skilled in observational techniques and thus are able to utilize these skills in the real world when observing children performing the TGMD II.