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Leaving Cert Physical Education: Types of feedback

How often Types of feedback comes up on the Physical Education papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

OL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Types of feedback, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Types of feedback.

(a)Feedback a performer gets from the feel of the movement itself is?
  1. Extrinsic
  2. Intrinsic
  3. Terminal
(b)A coach tells a player: your elbow dropped on that shot. This is knowledge of?
  1. Outcome
  2. Results
  3. Performance
(c)Feedback given after the performance has finished is?
  1. Terminal
  2. Intrinsic
  3. Concurrent
Show the answers

(a) Intrinsic

(b) Performance

(c) Terminal

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Types of feedback.

Higher Level

Asked on 2 of the last 5 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q2
2024Not asked
2023Q13
2022Not asked
2021Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Types of feedback questions

Types of feedback, 3 marks

A runner's watch beeps during a run to show she is above her heart-rate zone. This is?

  1. Terminal intrinsic feedback
  2. Concurrent intrinsic feedback
  3. Concurrent extrinsic feedback
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Concurrent extrinsic feedback

It comes during the activity (concurrent) from an outside source, the watch (extrinsic). Intrinsic feedback comes from the performer's own senses.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 2 of the last 5 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q15
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Q9
2021Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Types of feedback questions

Types of feedback, 2 marks

Feedback from your own senses, like feeling a good strike, is called…

  1. Extrinsic feedback
  2. Terminal feedback
  3. Intrinsic feedback
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Intrinsic feedback

Intrinsic feedback comes from inside the performer: the feel of the movement. Extrinsic feedback comes from outside, e.g. a coach, video or a scoreboard.

Types of feedback, 3 marks

A coach tells you your 100 m time was 12.4 s. This is knowledge of…

  1. Technique
  2. Results
  3. Performance
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Results

Knowledge of results is about the outcome (time, score, distance). Knowledge of performance is about how the movement was done, e.g. your arm action.

Types of feedback, 2 marks

Feedback given during the performance is called…

  1. Concurrent feedback
  2. Terminal feedback
  3. Delayed feedback
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Concurrent feedback

Concurrent feedback happens during the action, e.g. a coach calling out during a drill. Terminal feedback is given after the performance is finished.

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