Type of Document Dissertation Author Doering, Natalie Author's Email Address ndoering@vt.edu URN etd-61797-132727 Title FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THREE ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENTS Degree Doctor of Philosophy Department Health and Physical Education Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. George Graham Dr. Janet Sawyers Dr. Jon Poole Dr. Leslie Lambert Dr. Sue Magliaro Dr. George Graham chair Keywords
- physical education
- alternative assessment
- physical activity
Date of Defense 1997-06-30 Availability unrestricted Abstract The purpose of this study was to design, pilot, and evaluate three alternative
assessments that measured fourth and fifth grade student's understanding of
physical activity guidelines as contained in the Surgeon General's Report
(USDHHS, 1996). The alternative assessments were: 1. designing a booklet for a
peer named Homer, 2. creating a Video Tape Advertisement for students at
another school; and 3. coding the perceived intensity level for one minute intervals
at an active aerobic type station (Perceived Intensity Level Assessment Task).
Four research questions guided the evaluation of the assessment tasks. They were:
1. Do students who have been taught the physical activity guidelines score
differently on the alternative assessment than those who have not been taught the
guidelines? 2. Do content experts agree that scores can be used to describe what
students have learned (content validity)? 3. Do students find the assessment task
worthwhile, enjoyable, and meaningful? 4. Is the alternative assessment prototype
"feasible" for a teacher to administer in a regular physical education setting?
Student score results, student self-reflections, and student interview data were used
to evaluate the first and third research questions. Teacher interview data and
Content Expert validity score results were used to analyze the second and fourth
research questions.
Results from this study indicated that the Homer Booklet Assessment Task
discriminated between those students who were taught (experienced group) and
those who were not taught (inexperienced group). Furthermore, both the Content
Experts and the teacher found this assessment to have high content validity and
found it to be feasible to use in a regular physical education setting. Although the
students enjoyed the Homer Booklet Task they found it to be the least enjoyable of
the three assessment tasks. In contrast, students enjoyed the Video Tape
Advertisement Task best. Although this assessment task did discriminate between
those who were taught and not taught there were a couple of problems with this
assessment. The teacher and Content Experts found this task to have feasibility
problems and scores did not discriminate for style. Finally, the Perceived Intensity
Level Assessment Task did not discriminate between students who were taught
and not taught.
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