Teachers' Use of Fitness Tests and the Factors Influencing Their Use
Keating, Xiaofen Deng
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Description
Title
Teachers' Use of Fitness Tests and the Factors Influencing Their Use
Author(s)
Keating, Xiaofen Deng
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Stephen Silverman
Department of Study
Kinesiology and Community Health
Discipline
Kinesiology and Community Health
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Education, Tests and Measurements
Language
eng
Abstract
It was found that teachers only had a slightly positive attitude toward fitness tests. The cognitive and affective domains were equally and strongly correlated to the overall attitude (r = 0.97). Most teachers (83%) used fitness tests in the last two years. The most frequently used fitness test was The President's Challenge (40.3%). No common purposes, problems, or reasons for using or not using fitness tests were identified. No significant difference was found in use of fitness tests between teachers who graduated in the last five years and those who graduated in earlier years. The results of discriminant function analysis suggested that teachers' overall attitudes, types of schools, and the grade levels were the key factors to predict teachers' use of fitness tests.
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