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PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
FOR ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Developmental Levels and Domains
of Learning
Chapter 2
R O B E R T P A N G R A Z I
FIFTEENTH EDITION
Developmental Level I
Kindergarten – Second Grade (Ages 5-7)
Developmental Level II
Third Grade – Fourth Grade (Ages 8-9)
More difficult
Skills are performed in a more consistent
manner
Less concentration required
Performed in small groups
Examples:
Different speeds of objects
Different sizes of objects
Games requiring locomotor movements and
specialized skills (throwing, catching, etc.)
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Developmental Level III
Advanced individual and specialized skills and
activities
Skills often performed automatically without
thinking
Able to perform well in group activities
Examples:
Cognitive decisions about when to use a skill
Strategy is incorporated into a game
More emphasis on manipulative activity and less
on movement concept activities
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Domains of Learning
Psychomotor Domain
Skills involving physical and psychological
components
Thinking and doing together
What separates physical education from other
learning
Cognitive Domain
Skills involving thought processes
Affective Domain
Skills involving emotional thought or feeling
Improving self-esteem
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Psychomotor Domain
Imitation – observe a skill and attempt to repeat
it
Manipulation – perform a skill according to
instructions
Precision – reproduce a skill with accuracy,
usually independent of original source
Articulation – combine more than one skill in
sequence with harmony and consistency
Naturalization – complete one or more skills
with ease, becoming automatic
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Cognitive Domain
Knowledge – to recall information
Comprehension – translate information from one
form or another; to interpret
Application – apply learned materials to a new
and concrete situation
Analysis – ability to identify component parts of
a whole and the relationship among the parts
Synthesis – combine two or more elements into a
new combination or set of relationships
Evaluation – ability to judge the value of work
based on internal or external criteria
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Affective Domain