Physical Education GCSE
Simple–complex continuum
What Simple–complex continuum means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Simple–complex continuum
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Reference: OCR
A scale on which a skill is placed according to the number of decisions, movements or amount of information to process.
Topics that use Simple–complex 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
- Open–closed continuum
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