An Introduction to the Colorado Assessment Standards Comprehensive Health and Physical Education

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 Standard Implementation Template  21 st Century Skills  Search Standards  Printable Standards  Crosswalk Documents  Other Resources Contents

Standard Implementation Template Name of the Content Area Name of Standard (and Grade Level) Preschool – Grade 12 Concepts and Skill Thread Mastery for Graduation Concepts and Skills Indicating Progress Towards Mastery Indicators of Student Mastery Promote Critical Thinking Real-World Applications Characteristics of the Discipline

Indicators of Mastery Critical Thinking Application Characteristics Concepts & Skills

 Critical Thinking & Reasoning  Invention  Self-Direction  Collaboration  Informational Literacy 21 st Century Skills

“Reasoning, problem solving, analysis, logic, cause/effect” - Handout Integrating 21 st Century Skills: What Do They Look Like? Century_Draft21stCenturyDefinitions.pdf Century_Draft21stCenturyDefinitions.pdf Critical Thinking & Reasoning

 Developing and maintaining lifelong wellness habit(s)  Involves decision-making and communication skills that sometimes can determine life-and-death outcomes  Skills and knowledge gained in health and physical education provide the structure that makes it possible to prevent risk behavior and adopt healthy lifestyles.  Without good health and physical activity, critical thinking and reasoning are compromised. Critical Thinking & Reasoning Health and Physical Education From : 21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking and Reasoning stCentury__Summary21stCentury.pdf

“… integrate ideas from multiple disciplines to formulate an understanding of the natural world as they search for patterns and themes, and make connections among ideas, strategies and solutions.” - Handout Integrating 21st Century Skills: What Do They Look Like? tCenturyDefinitions.pdf tCenturyDefinitions.pdf Invention

 The health and physical education disciplines are a dynamic set of content area disciplines, ever expanding with new research, ideas, and understandings.  Invention is the key element of the expansion as students make and test theories and skills, create and use tools, search for patterns and themes, and make connections among ideas, strategies, and solutions. Invention Health and Physical Education From : 21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking and Reasoning /21stCentury__Summary21stCentury.pdf

 “…adaptability, initiative, personal responsibility, work ethics, self advocacy” - Handout Integrating 21st Century Skills: What Do They Look Like? ry_Draft21stCenturyDefinitions.pdf ry_Draft21stCenturyDefinitions.pdf Self-Direction

 Understanding and participating in health and physical education requires:  A productive disposition  Curiosity  Motivation and self-direction  Health and physical education are more than passive learning.  Individual active participation, practice, and competence are underlying principles Self – Direction Health and Physical Education From : 21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking and Reasoning 010/21stCentury__Summary21stCentury.pdf

“…collaborate in multiple settings, offering ideas, strategies, and solutions for others to evaluate, and seeking others’ ideas, compare and evaluate the merit of different ideas and fostering a safe environment for discourse.” - Handout Integrating 21st Century Skills: What Do They Look Like? nitions.pdf nitions.pdf Collaboration

 Involves students in teams, problem-solving groups, and community connections  Students offer ideas, strategies, solutions, justifications, and proofs for others to evaluate.  Students use feedback to improve performance and interpret and evaluate the ideas, strategies, solutions, and justifications of others. Collaboration Health and Physical Education From : 21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking and Reasoning ers_2010/21stCentury__Summary21stCentury.pdf

“Knowledge acquisition, source discernment, systems management ” - Handout Integrating 21st Century Skills: What Do They Look Like? Century_Draft21stCenturyDefinitions.pdf Century_Draft21stCenturyDefinitions.pdf Information Literacy

 Health and PE equips students with the tools and habits of mind to organize and interpret a multitude of rapidly changing information resources.  Students who are literate in health and physical education can analyze effectively sources, detect bias, use learning tools, including technology and media, and clearly communicate thoughts using sound reasoning. Information Literacy Health and Physical Education From : 21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking and Reasoning 0/21stCentury__Summary21stCentury.pdf

Looking for standards in a specific content area or grade level? Click this link: asp asp Searchable/ Printable Standards

Crosswalk documents allow us to compare previous content standards with the most current in a spreadsheet or word processor format. The health standards compare the Colorado standards to the national health standards. Locate the crosswalk documents at the following link: UAS/Crosswalk/HPE_Crosswalk.html Crosswalk Documents

 Content Support Link: ml (Health and PE are under revision as of 7/1/2011) ml  Standards presentations and research: on_and_Resources.html on_and_Resources.html Finally…