Instructional design/Psychomotor behaviors/Bicycle Crunches

This article decribes a Assessment Checklist for assessing the performance of a psychomotor domain skill.

Description of proper Bicycle Crunch technique: Each individual must lie on their back and put their hands behind their head. Next they raise their legs so their thighs are perpendicular to the floor and their lower legs are parallel to the floor. The individual will curl up and bring their left elbow toward their right side while drawing their right knee in to meet it. It is like the individual is riding a bike; alternate sides, continuing the motion back and forth. The individual should not flap their elbow across their body; they actually rotate their shoulder across and squeeze their abs.

Assessment Checklist
Student will demonstrate effective technique when performing 50 bicycle crunches within 2 minutes.

Directions: Each individual must perform 50 bicycle crunches demonstrating effective technique. Each individual must complete the bicycle crunches within 2 minutes without pausing.

For each individual, use the following scale to assign a value to the individual's performance.

Scale

 * 4 (excellent) – Performs the bicycle crunches flawlessly. Does not need to check position, does not pause. Completes 50 bicycle crunches without pausing within the 2 minutes.
 * 3 – Performs the bicycle crunches but is somewhat unsteady. Completes the bicycle crunches within 2 minutes.
 * 2 - Performs the bicycle crunches but is somewhat unsteady. May pause one or more times. Takes more than 2 minutes to complete the bicycle crunches.
 * 1 - Performs the bicycle crunches but is very unsteady, may pause one or more times, and/or takes more than 2 minutes.
 * 0 – Cannot complete a bicycle crunch correctly

Conditions of Assessment

 * Assessment occurs only during the bicycle crunch phase
 * The individual indicates when the assessment should begin.
 * The assessment ends as soon as the individual reaches 50 bicycle crunch count, 2 minutes has elapsed, or the individual tells the evaluator they want to stop.