Morgan Scearce

3/23/16

Part I: Activity Analysis Form

Activity: Jenga

Physical Aspects:

  1. What is the primary body position required?

Sitting or standing

  1. What body parts are required?

Arms and hands

  1. What types of movement does the activity require?

Reaching and grasping

  1. What are the primary senses required for the activity?

Sight and touch

  1. What is the amount of coordination and movement between body parts required by the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What is the degree of hand-eye coordination needed for the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What is the degree of strength needed for the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What is the degree of speed needed for the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What is the degree of endurance needed for the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What is the degree of energy needed for the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What is the degree of flexibility needed for the activity?

Much 12345Little

Social Aspects

  1. What is the primary social interaction pattern required in the activity?

Multilateral (action of a competitive nature among three or more persons with no one person as an antagonist)

  1. What is the minimum (fewest) number or maximum (greatest) number of people required for the activity?

__2__ minimum__N/A___ maximum

  1. What clothing is needed to be socially appropriate?

Normal dress/casual wear

  1. How much physical proximity is required by the activity?

Close12345Distant

  1. How much physical contact is required for the activity?

Much12345Little

  1. What degree of communication is required by the activity?

High12345Low

  1. What degree of noise is generated by the activity?

Much 12345Little

Cognitive Aspects

  1. How many rules are required in the activity?

Many 12345Few

  1. How complex are the rules to understand?

Complex12345Simple

  1. What degree of strategy is required in the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What degree of complexity is involved in scoring?

Much 12345Little

  1. What degree of long-term memory is required for the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What degree of short-term memory or immediate recall is required in the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What degree of verbalization of thought process is required in the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What degree of concentration is required in the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What degree of concrete thinking is required by the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. What degree of abstract thinking is required by the activity?

Much 12345Little

  1. To what degree are each of the following skills used in the activity?

ReadingMuch 12345Little

WritingMuch 12345Little

MathMuch 12345Little

SpellingMuch 12345Little

  1. To what degree does the participant need to identify or use the following?

Form and Shape Much 12345Little

ColorsMuch 12345Little

SizeMuch 12345Little

NumbersMuch 12345Little

Body partsMuch 12345Little

Directionality Much 12345Little

Affective Aspects

  1. To what degree does the participant have the opportunity or outlet to express the following?

JoyMuch 12345Little

Guilt Much 12345Little

PainMuch 12345Little

Anger Much 12345Little

Fear Much 12345Little

FrustrationMuch 12345Little

  1. To what degree must the participant control or inhibit the expression of the following?

JoyMuch 12345Little

Guilt Much 12345Little

PainMuch 12345Little

Anger Much 12345Little

Fear Much 12345Little

FrustrationMuch 12345Little

Administrative Aspects

  1. What type of leadership style is required by the activity?

General activity-skill expertise

  1. What type of equipment is needed for the activity?

Specific commercial products (specify: Jenga blocks)

  1. What type of facility is required by the activity?

No specific environment required

  1. What is the duration of the activity?

Natural end

  1. What is the number of participants required for the activity?

Any number can participate

Part II: Modification

  1. Description: Jenga can be played between two or more persons, in which each player takes a turn trying to remove one of the 54 blocks that creates a tower. Once a block is removed, the player places the block on top of the tower. If the player knocks down the tower, then the game is over and that player loses.
  2. Special Considerations:

- Age appropriation: 6 years and up

- Education level:

  1. Precautionary or safety issues: Jenga blocks might fall and cause small injuries to players.
  2. Impairments: decrease in fine motor skills or manipulation and problems reading.
  3. Activity modification:

-For a client with a decrease in fine motor skills or manipulation, I feel that making the blocks larger, such as the giant Jenga games that now exist, would be better than the smaller blocks and allow the client to have a bit more control of which blocks they remove. Also for a younger client, this giant Jenga could seem a lot more exciting.

-For a client with reading problems, I would tape words onto the blocks and a client must read the blocks before they remove them and place them at the top of the tower. This modification could be adapted to any size of Jenga as well.