WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
PLAINVIEW CAMPUS
Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging,
learning-focused, and distinctively Christian environment for professional success, and service to God and
humankind.
I. COURSE INFORMATION:
Course
EXSS 3306- Introduction to Motor Learning
Fall 2015
Term
Class Time & Location MWF, 9:00 -9:50am, Laney Center, Room 205
Prerequisite
EXSS 1301 Foundation of Physical Education and Sport
II. INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:
Instructor
Ray Major
Office
Phone
806 559-7646
Email
raymond.major@wayland.wbu.edu
Office Hours
III. CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Gives physical education major knowledge base in study of changes in motor learning and motor performance
across life spam.
IV. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
Haibach, P. S., Reid, G., & Collier, D. H. (2011). Motor learning and development (1st ed.). Champaign, IL:
Human Kinetics.
V. COURSE OUTCOME COMPETENCIES:
Students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of the fundamental concepts of motor development,
motor learning, and motor control.
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Discuss motor skill progression as well as models of motor learning stages.
Demonstrate how to measure and assess motor learning and organize the learning experience.
Understand the fundamental motor skills developed during different ages.
Demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of the structural, functional, and environmental
constraints that may, in combination, hinder or promote optimal development.
6. Recognize characteristics and elements of fundamental motor skills, including locomotor and
manipulative skills.
7. Understand the potential affective, cognitive, behavioral, and psychomotor differences that affect the
learning of movement skills over the life span.
8. Promote performance and learning by effectively setting goals and introducing motor skills through
the use of demonstrations, verbalizations, attention directing, and physical guidance.
9. Apply and synthesize a novel or adapted approach to teach a specific motor skill to peers and
students.
10. Know how to prepare, develop, and implement a developmentally appropriate movement program.
11. Demonstrate knowledge of techniques and activities for refining and improving motor skills in
games, sports, and dance activities and for adjusting movements, techniques, and tactics based on
feedback and critical evaluation.
VI. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS: Regular attendance and participation is expected! Any student who
misses twenty-five (25%) or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings will receive a grade of F for the
course. Therefore, if you are absent a total of 12 class periods, you will be given a grade of “F,” regardless
of your academic standing.
1. Tardies: Roll will be taken at the beginning of class. If you walk in late and attendance has already
been taken, you must make a point to see the professor after class so that you are marked off as being at
class, however, you will be counted as tardy. Failure to see the instructor after class if you missed roll
call will result in being marked as absent that day. NOTE: * 2 tardies = 1 absence!*
2. Participation: Students are expected to attend and participate in class discussions activity. Points will
be taken from your attendance grade for not participating in class.
VII. DISABILITY STATEMENT:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the policy of Wayland Baptist
University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from participation in, be
denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the
university. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves as the coordinator of students with a disability
and should be contacted concerning accommodation requests at (806) 291-3765. Documentation of
disability must accompany any request for accommodations.
VIII. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Attendance:
Absences
0
2
3
4-5
6
Points
100
100
90
80
70
2
7-8
9
10-11
12 or more
60
50
40
“F” for the class
2. Quizzes (100 points), there will be 5 unannounced quizzes during the semester pertaining to the
reading due for that day and will be multiple choice, T/F and/or short answer format. Each quiz will be
worth 20 points. Quizzes missed due to an unexcused absence will not be allowed be taken upon
return.
3. Lab Assignments (200 points), you will be expected to complete 13 lab assignments throughout the
semester. Each lab assignment will be worth 15.4 points.
4. Peer Teaching: (100 points), you will be expected to teach a specific motor skill to peers.
5. Exams (200 points): You will have one midterm exam and one comprehensive final exam. Exams will
be multiple choice, T/F and short answer.
IX. GRADING CRITERIA
Your grade will be determined as follows:
1. Attendance/Participation
2. Quizzes
3. Lab Assignments
4. Peer Teaching
5. Exams
Total
Grading Scale:
630-700
560-629
490-559
420-489
Below 420
A
B
C
D
F
100 points
100 points
200 points
100 points
200 points
700 points
90-100%
80-89%
70-79%
60-69%
0-59%
X. UNIVERSITY GRADING SYSTEM:
A
B
C
D
F
Cr
NCR
I
W
WP
WF
X
IP
for Credit
No Credit
Incomplete*
for withdrawal
Withdrawal Passing
Withdrawal Failing
No grade given
In Progress
A grade of “CR” indicates that credit in semester hours was granted but no grade or grade points were recorded.
This course is a credit no credit course.
*A grade of incomplete is changed if the work required is completed prior to the date indicated in the official
University calendar of the next long term, unless the instructor designates an earlier date for completion. If the
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work is not completed by the appropriate date, the I is converted to the grade of F. An incomplete notation
cannot remain on the student’s permanent record and must be replaced by the qualitative grade (A-F) by the
date specified in the official University calendar of the next regular term.
Date
Aug
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Sept. 2
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7
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Tentative semester schedule! *subject to change*
Day
Topic/Activity
Wed
Introduction
Fri
Mon
Wed
Fri
Mon
Wed
Fri
Mon
Wed
Fri
Mon
Wed
Fri
Mon
23
Wed
25
28
Fri
Mon
30
Wed
Oct. 2
5
Fri
Mon
7
9
12
14
16
19
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26
Wed
Fri
Mon
Wed
Fri
Mon
Wed
Fri
Mon
28
Wed
30
Nov. 2
4
Fri
Mon
Wed
Ch. 1 Perspective in motor behavior
Ch. 1 Perspective in motor behavior
Ch. 2 Classifying motor skills
Lab Assignment
Ch. 3 Stages of Skill Acquisition
Ch. 4 Methodological Considerations
Lab Assignment
NO CLASS – LABOR DAY
Ch. 4 Methodological considerations
Lab Assignment
Ch. 5 Fundamental skills in childhood
Ch. 5 Fundamental skills in childhood
Lab Assignment
Ch. 6 structural constraints in childhood and
adolescence
Ch. 6 Structural constraints in childhood and
adolescence
Lab assignment
Ch. 7 Functional constraints of thinking,
knowing, and processing
Ch. 7 Functional constraints of thinking,
knowing, and processing
Lab assignment
Ch. 8 Functional constraints of psychosocialaffective development
Midterm Exam
Lab Assignment
Ch. 9 Movement in Adulthood
Ch. 10 Structural constraints in adulthood
Fall Break-No Class
Ch. 11 Functional constraints in adulthood
Ch. 11 Functional constraints in adulthood
Lab Assignment
Ch. 12 Physical, affective, and instructional
factors
Ch. 12 Physical, affective, and instructional
factors
Lab Assignment
Ch. 13 Prepractice considerations
Ch. 14 Practice
Assignment/Reading
Syllabus
Ch. 1; SA1
Ch. 1
Ch. 2; SA 1 SA 2
Ch. 3; Try This & SA 2
Ch. 4; Try This
Ch. 4
Ch. 5; Try This 1 & SA 1
Ch. 5; Try This 2
Ch. 6 Try this 1 & SA 2
Ch. 6; Try This 2 & SA 2
Ch. 7; Memory Activity
Ch. 7; Attention &
Memory Activity
Ch. 8; Try This 1 & SA 1
Ch. 9: SA 1 & 2
Ch. 10; Try This 1 & SA2
Ch. 11; Try This 1
Ch. 11; Try This 2
Ch. 12; SA1
Ch. 12; Try This 2
Ch. 13: SA 1 & 2
Ch. 14; Try This 1 & SA1
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6
Fri
9
Mon
11
Wed
13
Fri
16
Mon
18
Wed
20
Fri
23
Mon
25
Wed
27
Fri
30
Mon
Dec. 2
Wed
Dec 7 Mon.
8:00am10:00am
Lab Assignment
Ch. 15 Detecting and correcting errors
Conclusions
Lab Assignment
Peer Teaching
Peer Teaching
Lab Assignment
Peer Teaching
Peer Teaching
Thanksgiving Break-No Class
Lab assignment
Review for Final Exam
COMPRENSIVE FINAL EXAM
Ch. 15; Try This 1 & SA1
Case Studies
XI. ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Wayland students are expected to conduct themselves according to the highest standards of academic honesty.
Academic misconduct for which a student is subject to penalty includes all forms of cheating, such as
possession of examinations or examination materials, forgery, or plagiarism. Disciplinary action for academic
misconduct is the responsibility of the faculty member assigned to the course. The faculty member is charged
with assessing the gravity of any case of academic dishonesty and with giving sanctions to any student
involved. The faculty member involved will file a record of the offense and the punishment imposed with the
dean of the division, campus dean, and the provost/academic vice president. Any student who has been
penalized for academic dishonesty has the right to appeal the judgment or the penalty assessed.
Plagiarism
“Plagiarism — The attempt to represent the work of another, as it may relate to written or oral works, computerbased work, mode of creative expression (i.e. music, media or the visual arts), as the product of one's own
thought, whether the other's work is published or unpublished, or simply the work of a fellow student.
1. When a student submits oral or written work for credit that includes the words, ideas, or data of others,
the source of that information must be acknowledged through complete, accurate, and specific
references, and, if verbatim statements are included, through use of quotation marks as well. By placing
one’s name on work submitted for credit, the student certifies the originality of all work not otherwise
identified by appropriate acknowledgements. A student will avoid being charged with plagiarism if there
is an acknowledgement of indebtedness.”
Source: http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/webcentral/admit/honesty.htm#plag
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