SPEX 201
Laboratory 1: Motion Analysis Techniques
0
Anatomical Landmark
Identification
Lighting
Marker
Visibility
Colour contrast
Very poor contrast
Marker occlusion
Marker fully
occluded
Marker is blurry /
elongated
Too much floor /
whole body visible
/ participant’s limb
small on screen
Crispness
Video
Quality
Identification of
landmark more
than 1cm from
actual landmark
Marker dark on
screen
Image Size
General Set-up
More than two
general set up
errors
0.5
1
Identification between
0.5cm and 1cm of actual
landmark
Correct identification of
landmark
Marker dull on screen
Marker bright on screen
Poor contrast between
marker and skin or shoe
Marker partially
occluded
Marker is somewhat
blurred / elongated
Good contrast between
marker and skin or shoe
Lower limb, calibration
tool and too much floor /
upper body visible
Lower limb and
calibration tool clearly
visible and large on screen
Any 2 set-up elements
not visible, or not
appropriate
Camera optical axis
perpendicular to plane of
motion, camera
appropriate height, trial
and condition identifier
visible
Marker not occluded
Marker appears circular
Laboratory 2: Basic Gait Analysis
Section / Grade
Participants
0
0.5
1
Participants not described
Equipment
In adequate (or no) equipment list provided
Design and Procedure
Design and procedure inadequately described
Some participant characteristics missing
Some important equipment missing / units of
measurement not provided
Some important procedural or design information
missing
Participants described thoroughly
Full equipment list provided including appropriate
units of measurement
Design and experimental procedure thoroughly
described
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
Inadequate data analysis
section presented
Adequate data analysis
section included but
important information
missing (e.g., equation /
analysis techniques missing)
Good data analysis section
included but some minor
information missing
Thorough description of data
analysis and presentation
Methods
Data Analysis
MS Excel workbook
Section / Grade
Data analysis section not
included
0
1
2
3
Excel workbook not submitted
Excel workbook submitted, formulas
not present, data not labelled
appropriately
Excel workbook submitted, some
formulas not present or some data not
labelled or organised appropriately
Excel workbook submitted, all
formulas not present, data organised
and labelled appropriately
0
0.5
Data table presented poorly
with several major issues
(e.g., some data incorrect and
or missing)
Figure presented poorly with
several major issues (e.g.,
formatting, some data
incorrect and or missing)
1
1.5
2
Data table presented with
formatting issues and some
data missing
Data table presentation
adequate but some
information (e.g., labels) or
data missing
Data table well presented
Figure presented with
formatting issues and some
data missing
Figure formatting adequate
but some information or data
or labels missing
Figure well presented
Table
No data table presented
Figure
No figure presented
Section / Grade
0
0.5
1
2
3
No written description of
results or comparison
between conditions presented
Results poorly described and
attempt at comparison made
but some important
information missing (i.e.,
some results not discussed or
discussion is misleading /
erroneous)
Some relevant results
described but not all results
supported by data / confusing
or misleading comparisons
made
Some relevant results
described using data to
support discussion / some
comparisons between
conditions made
All relevant results described
using data to support
discussion / all comparisons
between conditions made
clearly
Results
Written description of
results / comparison
between conditions
Laboratory 3: Impulse Momentum in Jumping
Section / Grade
Background
0
No
background
presented
1
2
3
4
5
6
1 concept
discussed
1 main
concept
discussed
and
practical
application
adequate
OR
2 main
concepts
discussed
and NO
practical
application
2 main
concepts
discussed
(with
references)
AND
attempt to
describe
practical
application
made
Good
discussion
of most of
the main
concepts
(with
references)
AND
attempt to
describe
practical
application
made
Very good,
well
referenced
discussion
of all main
concepts
AND
attempt to
describe
practical
application
made
Excellent
discussion
including
synthesis
of all main
concepts
AND
clear
practical
application
to sports /
physical
activity
Introduction
Section / Grade
Aims
Research
question
0
0.5
1
No aims
Aims not clear
Clear statement of aims
No research questions
Research question not clearly
linked to background
Objectives
No objectives
Objectives not clear
Hypotheses
No hypothesis/hypotheses
Hypothesis/hypotheses not
appropriate
Research question leads on
logically from background
Objectives clearly show how
research question will be
answered
Appropriate (i.e.
valid/measurable/testable)
hypothesis/hypotheses made
Section / Grade
Grammar
Presentation
Spelling
Document
Formatting
In-text citations/
Reference
-1
Very poor grammar
Very poor spelling
Document poorly
formatted (i.e.,
inconsistent
formatting)
No attempt to use intext citation / reference
list
0
0.25
0.5
Laboratory 4: Angular Momentum
Discussion
Question / Grade
DQ1
Question / Grade
DQ2
Question / Grade
DQ3
Question / Grade
DQ4
Section / Grade
Grammar
Presentation
Spelling
Document
Formatting
In-text citations/
Reference
0
1
2
3
Question not answered
0
1
2
Question not answered
0
1
2
3
Question not answered
1
0
2
Question not answered
-1
Very poor grammar
Very poor spelling
Document poorly
formatted (i.e.,
inconsistent
formatting)
No attempt to use intext citation / reference
list
0
0.25
0.5