NZQA registered unit standard
13380 version 4
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Title
Recommend physical activities appropriate to the growth and
development of individuals of all ages
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
stages of growth and development in individuals participating in
physical activity and describe the characteristics of each stage;
and assess an individual’s, or group of individuals’, stage of
growth and development and recommend appropriate physical
activities.
Classification
Recreation and Sport > Recreation and Sport - Coaching and
Instruction
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
In the context of this unit standard, stages include: early childhood, primary school
age, secondary school age, early adulthood, adulthood, middle age, older adults.
2
In the context of this unit standard, growth and development include:
cognitive development – which refers to the development of the ability to interpret
and process information;
emotional development – which refers to the development of self-concept;
physical development – which refers to the growth and development of the body’s
muscles, bones, and energy systems;
social development – which refers to the development of relationships with peer
groups and the adult world.
3
Definitions
Chronological age refers to age measured in calendar years.
Development refers to an increase in skill and complexity of function that occurs as
part of progress toward maturity.
Developmental age refers to age measured in terms of the capacity to perform
specific tasks.
Growth refers to an increase in physical size of the whole or any of its parts,
dimensions, or tissues that occurs as part of the progress toward maturity.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
13380 version 4
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify stages of growth and development in individuals participating in physical activity
and describe the characteristics of each stage.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Stages of growth and development are identified and characteristics of each
stage are described in relation to participation in physical activity.
1.2
Differences between chronological age and developmental age are explained in
relation to physical activity.
1.3
Differences between male and female growth and development patterns are
explained in relation to physical activity.
1.4
Capabilities and needs of individuals within the identified stages of growth and
development are described in relation to participation in physical activity.
1.5
Ways in which an individual’s stage of growth and development influence his or
her participation in physical activity are explained.
Outcome 2
Assess an individual’s, or group of individuals’, stages of growth and development and
recommend appropriate physical activities.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Characteristics of the individual, or group of individuals, are assessed in relation
to their participation in physical activity.
2.2
The stages of growth and development of the individual, or group of individuals,
is identified based on the assessment results.
2.3
Development issues are identified and explained.
Range
2.4
issues may include but are not limited to – gender, puberty, normal
or abnormal rate of growth and development.
Suitable physical activities for each stage of growth and development are
identified based on the assessment results.
Planned review date
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
31 December 2012
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NZQA registered unit standard
13380 version 4
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
16 December 1997
31 December 2012
Review
2
12 February 2001
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
3
16 April 2010
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
4
20 May 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0099
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Skills Active Aotearoa Limited info@skillsactive.org.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016