For this professional development field experience we were to observe a physical activity and make a record or the amount of time the student was active, listening to instruction, waiting, or being managed. This was observed within 20 minutes making note of every 15 seconds.
I observed a 5th grade class at Armuchee Elementary while they ran their mile for the physical fitness test that they take twice a year. The class consists of 25 students and only half of them run at a single time. While the students are not running they play volleyball.
My student, out of 34 minutes, was active 83% of the time, waiting 12% of the time, and was under instruction 5% of the time.
All students running their mile were active 100% of the time they were running with little down time between the first finished student and the last(for most of the class). Those that were playing volleyball were relatively active but found themselves waiting sometimes for a minute at a time before they had to move in order to hit the ball and make a play.
For the number of students and the space available, I believe that these activities were well managed.
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