MTEL Physical Education (22) study guide
MTEL Physical Education (22) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Physical Education (22) is one of the subject-matter tests in the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) program, the testing system used in Massachusetts for educator licensure. Candidates who need to demonstrate subject knowledge in physical education for a Massachusetts license or endorsement take this test. It is delivered as a computer-based test at test centers in Massachusetts and nationwide, and it is also offered through online proctoring, which lets you test remotely, including from home. The test combines 100 multiple-choice questions with 2 open-response assignments, and it is scored against a qualifying score of 240. Total appointment time is 4 hours and 15 minutes for computer-based testing, which includes 15 minutes for the CBT tutorial and nondisclosure agreement and 4 hours of testing time. The online-proctored appointment runs 4 hours and 30 minutes, with 2 hours 15 minutes for the multiple-choice questions, an optional 15-minute break, and 1 hour 45 minutes for the open-response assignments. Topics on this exam: Physical Education. The MTEL Physical Education (22) study guide has 1 section and about 410 words.
01Physical Education
Domain 1, Physical Education, tests whether you can apply motor development, motor learning, fitness science, and program design to realistic K–12 teaching scenarios rather than simply recite definitions. Health-related fitness has five components: cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. Skill-related fitness is separate: agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, speed. Motor development moves from reflexive to rudimentary to fundamental to specialized movement (Gallahue).
410 words, about 2 minMore study resources for MTEL Physical Education (22)
- Practice questionsA physical education teacher wants to build students' aerobic capacity over a nine-week unit.
- FlashcardsHealth-related fitness components. Five components: cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition.
- Cheat sheetFitness components split into health-related (cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition) and skill-related (agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, speed).
- Key termsphysical literacy. The motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge, and understanding needed to value and take responsibility for engaging in physical activity across a lifetime.
- Study planMap the MTEL Physical Education (22) test framework into a personal checklist of every subarea and objective, marking each as confident, shaky, or unknown.
- Common mistakesMost candidates come from coaching or fitness backgrounds where they work with one age group, so they overgeneralize from that group and misplace milestones such as object permanence, catching a bounced ball, or hopping on one foot.
- Exam-day guideBring the original, unexpired ID in the name under which you registered.