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- Title
High School Physical Education Teachers' Attitudes and use of Fitness Tests.
- Authors
Mercier, Kevin; Phillips, Sharon; Silverman, Stephen
- Abstract
Recommendations for using and implementing fitness tests have been extensively researched and teachers' attitudes toward fitness tests are beginning to be studied. Less understood is how high school teachers use fitness tests and the role their attitudes toward fitness tests affect students' attitudes toward physical activity. The purpose of this study was to understand how fitness tests are used in secondary physical education classes and how the attitudes of physical education teachers toward fitness testing relate to their use of fitness tests. High school physical education teachers (N = 149) from 47 school districts completed the Physical Education Teacher Attitudes toward Fitness Tests Scale (PETAFTS), a 16-item survey on their attitudes toward fitness tests, with additional items on how they used fitness tests. Results indicated that teachers often do not implement fitness tests as recommended. Findings suggest that teachers with positive and negative attitudes toward fitness testing vary in their implementation and use of fitness tests. Teachers with more positive attitudes reported more frequently using fitness concepts, and teachers who thought fitness testing was important indicated they were more likely to send fitness test results home.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL education teacher attitudes; HIGH school teacher attitudes; PHYSICAL fitness testing; STUDENT attitudes; STUDENT health; PHYSICAL education (Secondary)
- Publication
High School Journal, 2016, Vol 99, Issue 2, p179
- ISSN
0018-1498
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hsj.2016.0001