Relationship between Urban Middle School Physical Education Teachers' Attitudes toward Fitness Testing and Student Performance on Fitness Tests

Autor/inn/en	Fredrick, Ray N., III.; Silverman, Stephen
Titel	Relationship between Urban Middle School Physical Education Teachers' Attitudes toward Fitness Testing and Student Performance on Fitness Tests
Quelle	In: Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 24 (2020) 4, S.273-281 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Fredrick, Ray N., III.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1091-367X
DOI	10.1080/1091367X.2020.1815024
Schlagwörter	Middle School Teachers; Physical Education Teachers; Urban Schools; Teacher Attitudes; Physical Fitness; Tests; Middle School Students; Scores; Gender Differences; Performance; Teacher Influence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Physical education; Physical training; Sportlehrer; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Lehrerverhalten; Leistungsfähigkeit; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Achievement; Leistung
Abstract	A good fitness testing program can promote physical activity and fitness. There is no published research, however, that has examined the relationships between teachers' attitudes and students' performance on fitness tests. This study investigated the attitudes of urban middle school physical education teachers (N = 74) toward physical fitness tests and their relationship with student performance on fitness tests. Teachers completed the Physical Education Teacher Attitudes toward Fitness Tests instrument. Student FITNESSGRAM scores were obtained for each teacher. Teachers' overall attitudes toward fitness testing were positive, suggesting that teachers enjoy implementing fitness tests and using fitness tests results. The affective subdomain of teachers' attitude on the enjoyment of using fitness tests results was found to have a positive relationship with the percentage of students in the HFZ for the push-up test. Additional positive relationships between teachers' attitudes and student performance were also found for girls, but not for boys. The findings suggest that teachers' affective attitude may have a relationship with students' performance on fitness tests. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01