Exam 21: Game Skills

Children should NOT be allowed to modify games.

Games provide students with opportunities to experience success and accomplishment.

Younger children need to receive immediate feedback.

The emphasis in game play should be competition rather than cooperation.

At Developmental Level III, which of the following skills are important for successful play?

How do games contribute to children's growth and development?

Games allow students an opportunity to display appropriate interactive skills such as:

Cooperative skills necessary for reaching common goals include:

The greater the number of teammates and competitors, the less difficult the game becomes.

Many games help develop large-muscle groups and enhance the child's ability to run, dodge, start, and stop under control while sharing space with others.

Games that require competition before cooperation can be an outgrowth of an activity.

Teachers do NOT have to analyze the skills students must practice before playing a game.

Introductory lead-up games are appropriate for Developmental Level II.

Games are an excellent means for teaching new motor skills.

Most elementary schoolchildren are NOT able to concentrate on skill performance and strategy simultaneously.

Addition Tag, Alaska Baseball, and Bird Catcher are all games associated with:

Games at which level become more complex and organized?

Developmental Level III children find it difficult (and uninteresting) to play a game that has many rules.

Safety is a secondary consideration in game situations.

Balance between offense and defense must be achieved in order to help participants understand that both are important.