Performance: SQA Advanced Higher Physical Education practical component quiz quiz

30 marks

50 marks

70 marks

100 marks

Three activities

Two activities

One activity

As many as the candidate chooses

The candidate's written essay style

Decision-making and the application of tactics, composition or technical awareness

Only the candidate's fitness test scores

The candidate's attendance record

In isolated drills only

In a written examination

Without any opponents or pressure

In a challenging, whole context such as a full game or complete routine

Because drills are not allowed in PE

Because it is quicker for the assessor

Because it removes the need for skills

Because real demands reveal application, decision-making and consistency that drills cannot show

The candidate's own previous best only

National standards

The class average

The teacher's personal preference

It is completely unrelated to the factors

It replaces the need to study factors

The mental, emotional, social and physical factors are exactly what determine the quality of the performance

It only relates to physical factors

Clean technique shown only in isolation

A broad repertoire applied consistently with sound decision-making under pressure

Maximum effort with no regard for skill selection

A single well-rehearsed skill repeated

The performance, at 70 marks

They are equal

There is only one component

The project, at 70 marks against the performance's 30

Because choosing and adapting the right action as the situation changes is part of a high-level performance

Because it replaces the need for fitness

Because it is the only thing assessed

Because it is not actually assessed

That the candidate avoided difficult situations

That the underpinning mental and physical factors are well managed

That tactics are unnecessary

That the performance was in isolated drills

Practising only one skill in isolation

Ignoring the factors studied in the course

Building a broad repertoire and developing decision-making in whole, demanding contexts

Avoiding competitive situations