Exam technique

• Movement analysis

  Need to identify:

  • joint type
  • articulating bones
  • movement pattern
  • agonist muscle
  • antagonist muscle
  • contraction types
• analyse


  seperate information into components and identify their characteristics
• calculate

  work out the value of something
• choose


  select from a range of alternatives
• comment

  present an informed opinion
• compare


  identify similarities and/or differences
• complete

  finish a task by adding given information
• consider


  review and respond to given information
• describe


  give an account of
• design

  set out how something should be done
• discuss 


  present key points about different ideas or strengths and weaknesses of an idea
• distinguish 


  explain ways in which two things differ. provide detail of characterstic that enable a person to know the difference
• draw 


  produce a diagram
• evaluate 


  judge from available evidence
• explain


  set out purposes or reasons
• explain how


  give a detailed account of a process or a way of doing something
• explain why


  give a detailed account of reasons in relation to a particular situation
• identify 


  name or otherwise characterise
• give 


  produce an answer from recall or from given information
• justify


  provide reasons, reasoned argument to support, possible provide evidence
• label 


  provide appropriate names on a diagram
• name

  identify using a recognised technical term
• outline 


  set out main characteristics
• select


  choose or pick out from alternatives
• state 


  express in clear terms
• suggest 


  present a possible case/solution
• which is

  select from alternatives
• what is meant by

  give a definition
• write

  provide information in verbatim form