AQA A-Level PE | Skill Acquisition Complete Bundle | Section 3.1.2 | 87+ Slides

AQA A-Level PE | Skill Acquisition Complete Bundle | Section 3.1.2 | 87+ Slides

This bundle contains all six lesson packs for the AQA A-Level PE Skill Acquisition unit (Section 3.1.2), covering every specification point from skill classification and practice structure to guidance, feedback and information processing. Created by a specialist PE teacher and Assistant Headteacher with 9 years’ AQA sixth-form experience.

WHAT’S INCLUDED — 87+ SLIDES ACROSS 6 COMPLETE PACKS:

Topic 3.1.2.1 | Skill, Skill Continua & Transfer of Skills (16 slides)
• Definition and characteristics of skill
• Open vs Closed continuum
• Simple vs Complex continuum
• Gross vs Fine continuum
• Self-paced vs Externally paced skills
• High vs Low organisation skills
• Discrete, Serial and Continuous classification
• Transfer of skills and sporting application
• Retrieval practice and exam-style questions throughout

Topic 3.1.2.2 | Impact of Skill Classification on Structure of Practice for Learning (15 slides)
• Whole Practice
• Progressive Part Practice
• Whole-Part-Whole Practice
• Massed vs Distributed practice
• Fixed vs Variable practice
• Links to Schema Theory
• Advantages, disadvantages and evaluation of each practice method
• Extended exam practice with judgement and evaluation

Topic 3.1.2.3 | Principles of Learning and Performance (14 slides)
• Cognitive, Associative and Autonomous stages of learning
• Appropriate feedback at each stage
• Behaviourism and Thorndike’s Laws
• Social Learning Theory and Bandura’s ARRM model
• Cognitive Learning Theory
• Constructivist Learning Theory
• Learning plateaus, causes and coaching interventions
• AO3 evaluation and exam practice

Topic 3.1.2.4 | Use of Guidance and Feedback (15 slides)
• Visual, Verbal, Manual and Mechanical guidance
• Advantages and disadvantages of each guidance method
• Intrinsic and Extrinsic feedback
• Knowledge of Results (KR) and Knowledge of Performance (KP)
• Positive and Negative feedback
• Selecting appropriate guidance and feedback for different performers
• Applied exam-style scenarios and extended questions

Topic 3.1.2.5 | General Information Processing Model (13 slides)
• Whiting’s Information Processing Model
• Input, Decision Making, Output and Feedback
• Receptor systems and sensory input
• Selective attention and filtering
• Detection, Comparison and Recognition (DCR)
• Effector mechanism and motor output
• Strengths, limitations and sporting application
• AO2 and AO3 exam practice

Topic 3.1.2.5 | The Efficiency of Information Processing (14 slides)
• Environment and Display concepts
• Simple and Choice Reaction Time
• Hick’s Law
• Psychological Refractory Period (PRP)
• Single Channel Hypothesis
• Processing bottlenecks
• Temporal and Spatial Anticipation
• Memory systems and Schema Theory
• Factors affecting response time and processing efficiency
• Strategies to improve information processing performance

PERFECT FOR:
• Any teacher delivering the complete AQA A-Level PE Skill Acquisition unit
• Departments seeking a fully structured scheme of learning
• NQTs, ECTs and non-specialist PE teachers
• Retrieval practice and revision lessons
• Cover lessons and independent learning
• Year 12 and Year 13 AQA A-Level PE

WHY BUY FROM PEAK PE RESOURCES?
All lesson packs have been used and refined across multiple real AQA sixth-form cohorts. Every slide is structured around AO1, AO2 and AO3 to develop not only subject knowledge, but also the application and evaluation skills required to access the highest marks in AQA examinations.

The lessons include retrieval starters, sporting examples, exam-style questions, model answers and regular opportunities for students to apply theory to practical sporting situations.

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