Physical Education GCSE
Open–closed continuum
What Open–closed continuum means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Open–closed continuum
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Reference: OCR
A scale on which a skill is placed according to the predictability of the environment in which it is performed.
Topics that use Open–closed continuum
- Sports psychology - Classification of skills (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Continua
- Justifying classification using features of the skill
- Justifying classification with practical examples
- Simple to complex skills (difficulty continuum)
- Environmental predictability
- Simple–complex continuum
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