Burpee Narrative Report

Narrative Review

The objective of this teaching experience was to teach a specific motor skill to Bug, who is another student in my Physical Therapy class. The motor skill I selected to teach was a burpee. Before we began, I anticipated three things, we would meet for roughly four days, she had a general idea of what a burpee was, and in the end she would complete a burpee without any problems or need for feedback. The following paragraphs will discuss, the objective of my teaching, Bug’s behaviors during our interactions, her motor skill level through our meetings with regards to Blooms Taxonomy, and a description of how I modified information to help the learning style of Bug.

In order to determine that Bug had learned how to do a burpee,

This conclusion was made because I noticed that when I would try to explain the steps to a particular movement with no visual representation, but just words, then she would have difficulty completing the movement. In comparison, when I showed her the movement by completing it myself and had her mirror my movements, then she would complete the tasks much quicker and learn them much faster. Upon determining she was a visual and kinesthetic learner, I skipped explaining movements without demonstration from then on. Each time I taught her a new portion of the burpee; I would demonstrate and explain the movement part by part, have her mirror my movements while reiterating the same instructions as I had given in the first step, have her complete the movement on her own but give immediate feedback, and lastly, she would continue to practice that movement at least three times thereafter. At the completion of the second visit, I asked if my instructions were helping or if I needed to modify anything to optimize her learning. At this point in time, she told me that the teaching layout did not need to be changed because it was clear and easy to