Children's Perceptions of Fitness Self-Testing, the Purpose of Fitness Testing, and Personal Health

Autor/inn/en	Graser, Susan Vincent; Sampson, Barbara B.; Pennington, Todd R.; Prusak, Kevin A.
Titel	Children's Perceptions of Fitness Self-Testing, the Purpose of Fitness Testing, and Personal Health
Quelle	In: Physical Educator, 68 (2011) 4, S.175-187 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-8981
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Student Attitudes; Testing; Physical Fitness; Hygiene; Content Analysis; Grade 5; Grade 6; Qualitative Research; Health; Questionnaires; Interviews; Metacognition; Tests; Elementary School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Testdurchführung; Testen; Leistungsfähigkeit; Inhaltsanalyse; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Qualitative Forschung; Gesundheit; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Examination; Prüfung; Examen
Abstract	Flohr and Williams (1997) emphasized the importance of assessing students' attitudes about fitness testing as it contributes to effective, positive, and motivating physical education (PE) classes. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify fifth and sixth graders' perceptions of fitness testing using FITNESSGRAM in a self-testing format. Specifically, this study evaluated (a) children's perceptions of FITNESSGRAM, administered in a self-testing format, (b) children's understanding of the purpose of fitness self-testing, and (c) the effects of participation in FITNESSGRAM self-testing on children's perceptions of personal health. This study used questionnaires (n = 78) and follow-up interviews (n = 45) to identify children's perceptions of their experience. Using inductive content analysis (Lincoln & Guba, 1985) of student perceptions, three main categories emerged: (a) self-testing procedures, (b) cognitive understanding, and (c) overall influence of fitness testing. Findings revealed that children enjoyed a self-testing format, understood the purpose of fitness self-testing, and connected their FITNESSGRAM results to their overall health lending support to the use of a fitness self-testing approach in PE. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10