How do you increase the safety and quality of a lesson?
Have an aide or co-instructor, or decrease the number of participants
What must you do to
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Demonstrate and perform exiting skills of the level that is being taught.
What must you do to be the most effective instructor?
1- Understand how people learn new skills and information.
2- know which teaching methods they use to help participants learn.
3- create an environment conducive to learning.
What are the main conserves of the American Red Cross in order of priority.
1- safety number
2- comfort in the water
3- skills, starting with breath control
Which are the three stages of learning?
Early, intermediate, late (advanced)
What does it mean to use teaching progression?
Built lessons that built on acquired skills.
Bill predictability in the lessons.
A progressive teaching strategy is:
Developmental
Familiar
Measurable
Which are important factors in practice?
Active practice time
Ratio of practice the rest
Variability of practice
Structure of practice
Which factors are conducive to a good learning environment?
Physical factors - most important is water temperature
Psychological factors - relaxing positive environment
What are the three elements of a direct teaching strategy?
Explain
Demonstrate
Practice
How should you demonstrate a new skill?
With slow purposeful movements.
How do you plan on affective lesson?
Using COLA approach
CHECK what participants can do
ORGANIZE based on skills and goals
LEAD participants
ASSESS progression
Which details are found in a lesson plan?
Assessment criteria for readiness, teaching strategies, allocated to each activity, keywords or phrases, pattern of organization
What is important in organizing the class?
For everyone to hear and see the demonstration.
What are static drills?
In one place
What are fluid drills?
Drills that require traveling
What does ARC app do?
Supports and promotes American red cross water programs. Parents to track and share their children's progress. It contains video segments for kids such as Longfellow whale tails.
Which questions should you ask an adult learner?
What are you comfortable with in the water and what do you need help with?
What do you want to know?
Do you have any limitations I should know about?
What enhances learning?
When participants feel comfortable with the instructor.
Name the completion requirement terms
Explore
Support
Assistance
demonstrate
independently
show and tell
What does parent child level 1 do?
Teaches basic water skills the parents and children
What does parent child level 2 do?
Bills on skills introduced in level one
When teaching breath control, how can you tell readiness for submersion?
When child can blow those bubbles 3 to 5 times without swallowing or sniffing water
Is the maximum number of times you can let a child submerge the first time
3 times
Is buoyancy?
The force that pushes a body upwards in the water
What is specific gravity?
Ratio of the weight of the object to the weight of the water if displaces.
What influences specific gravity?
Body fat, muscle mass, bone density
How can you improve buoyancy?
Inhale deeply and hold your breath with your chin tucked in
Where is the center of buoyancy located?
In the chest
Where is the center of mass located?
Near the hips
What can you do it to make it easier to float in a horizontal position?
Look on your back, move your arms above your head, flex your hands out of the water, bend your knees
What is drag?
The force that opposes movement through the water.
What is form drag?
Resistance created by a swimmers body shape.
What is wave drag?
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