Lab C Sepak Takraw Tyler Hall

Sepak Takraw Lab C

Lab C was very fun for me because I got to learn four new activities that I have never heard of before. All four of these activities were unique and fun in certain ways. I was overall pleased with my performance in lab C but far from where I would like to be. When I told other Cortland students, that are also in EDU 255, that I was teaching Sepak Takraw for my lab C they all said "What the heck is that". They all were surprised that we got such odd activities for us to teach. I thought this gave our class an advantage because not only did we learn a new activity but it made us prepare for the lab even more than usual due to having to learn the activity more in depth.

My growth from lab b to lab c I thought was a big jump. In lab b I thought I was very nervous and not as comfortable as I was in lab c. My nerves before lab c were very calm and I was not nervous one bit for this one. I was actually excited for it. Another thing I thought I improved greatly in was feedback. In lab b when I gave feedback all I said were "good job" and in lab c when I gave feedback I was relating it back to the cues and pointing to the cue board which is congruent feedback from the book. 

C9 Forms: 
The TA's C9 form and mine were very similar but had some differences also. One thing I noticed on my TA's form was to not forget the checks for understanding which I really need to improve on. In the beginning of class, I did a couple of checks for understandings which were asking Paul and Ryan on what we were doing and those were the only two I did throughout the lesson. I completely forgot to do them during the remainder of the lesson and I could have easily. One time I could of done one was with the last game at the end, where I could have asked the students to give me thumbs up if they understood the objective of the game. One thing I disagreed with the TA on in this form was that I thought that my safety awareness was a weakness instead of average. I thought this because I didn't give a safety statement at the beginning and I also did not give any safety rules at the beginning of drills or practices. Before each drill I should have stated to respect the equipment and watch out for the hoops in the middle of the gym. I said some safety during drills which students probably shook off and did not pay attention to them because it was very general. Another weakness of mine that I put on my C9 form was clean up because often times there were all types of balls lying all over the gym. Not only did it make the classroom look bad but it was very dangerous due to students could have tripped on them. Overall on my TA's C9 form I got a 17.5/19 which I thought was pretty good which I was very happy with. The points I missed were that I did not have an introduction and my checks for understanding were not there. Those two points can be easy fixes for next time.

Time Coding:
The results for the time coding sheets were very different but that is most likely due to the student time sheet was different than the TA's form because in the student form instruction and demonstration were combined. In the TA's form I was very close to getting all five points. My management time was 14% which is just under the requirement and I need to improve on. I can improve on that by having the equipment in better spots in the gym. Also, I could have had the students help reset the balls into the hoops better to cut down on time. My activity time was 48% which was off by 2%. I thought the activity time was one of my better components of my lesson because the students were moving a lot. I also should have had pedometers for the students in order to show them how much they were moving. For instruction time it was 36 % which reached the requirement but I still could have cut it down a little with speaking more clearly and using less words to avoid confusion. I believe that aspect will come with experience. Finally, the last one was waiting time which was 2% which seemed to be a strength of mine because the students were not standing around too much. In my own time record sheet I got 45% practice time when it should have been 70%. I was way off on that. I could have improved that by cutting down instruction by speaking clearly as said before. For lecture/demonstration it was 36% where it should have been 15%. I could have reached this number if I used more demonstrations instead of lecturing more. Demonstrations take less time for students to grip a topic or skill. Finally, I got 17% on the management when it was supposed to be 10 %. I could have lowered this number by having the balls placed back into the hula hoops after practice time was over and having the students help me with that. Overall, I thought I did well on the TA's time coding sheet but on the one I did, I did not reach any of the requirements.

Teacher Behavior Scale:
I thought this scale was a very useful tool to use. If I were to do one of these sheets for my lab B, it would have been terrible compared to my lab C one. In my lab C one, I gave four individual feedback that was positive and dealt with skills. I thought that this is a decent number and can improve to at least 3 more of those. When I was watching my video I noticed that I could have gave more feedback when I was walking around. I think I did not give feedback because I was thinking of what drill to do next and what to say next. Also, I gave five individual feedback that was corrective and also dealt with skills. Again I believe that I can increase this number by at least two. One thing that I noticed too with this sheet was that I barely gave any non-skill feedback. I think that this non-skill feedback could also be a way to check for understanding and re-enforce or make students feel good when they are doing the right thing. If I told a student that they are doing a good job listening then they most likely will continue listening and being a good student which will make things run smoother. This sheet was a different sheet than the rest but I believe this sheet helped me improve giving feedback to students. 

Goals:
I have many goals regarding lab D. One goal of mine is to get all five points on my time coding sheet. I am going to maximize activity time in my lesson so that I make sure I get those two points for activity. Another goal of mine is to focus on safety statements and safety rules. Although my topic is stomping and isn't the most dangerous activity, I will still focus on safety statements. One last goal of mine is to have checks for understandings throughout my lesson instead of just at the beginning. I believe these checks for understandings help make the lesson run smoothly without any confusion on any drills.

Overall lab C was very fun. We got to do a whole curriculum on one activity which was very challenging. I thought the hardest part was the activity progression because it was hard to determine which activity was harder or easier than some others. I'm looking forward to lab D because I have researching stomping and it looks very fun to do and even more fun to teach.