Weakness and Remedies

Candidates’ weaknesses included their inability to:

• name the major muscle involved in extension of the knee, forearm, flexion of the knee and flexion of the forearm;
• give five differences between Spartan Physical Education and Athenian Physical Education;
• to state four differences between a major game and a minor game;
• to write legibly.

The following remedies were suggested to overcome these weaknesses:

• familiarization of candidates with the syllabus;
• coverage of the teaching syllabus before examination commences;
• candidates should understand the demands of the questions before responding to them;
• write legibly when responding to questions.