Teachers' Use of Fitness Tests and the Factors Influencing Their Use

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Kinesiology and Community Health

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Keating, Xiaofen Deng

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stephen Silverman

• Education, Tests and Measurements

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9955635

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86423