TEST AND MEASUREMENTS IN HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Author: Charles Harold McCloy

Tests and measurements in the field of physical education are comparatively recent outgrowths of the general testing movement. Beginning late in the nineteenth century as strength tests, tests of track and field athletics, and anthropometric measurements, they have increased in number and completeness with amazing rapidity. Owing to the relative objectivity of most of the skills or abilities measured, the development of tests in physical education has avoided many of the pitfalls that have been encountered by test builders in the mental disciplines.

Contents:

Chapters: The Need and the Field, The Requirements of a Good Test, Administering the Program of Test, Test of Strength, Measurements of Size and Maturity, Measurements of Power, Measurements of Motor Educability, Measurements of Agility and Large-Muscle Co-Ordination, Scoring Tables, Track and Field Tests, Test of General Motor Capacity and General Motor Ability, Test of Endurance, Test of Special Abilities, The Use of Tests in Classification, Achievement Tests, Paper and Pencil Tests, Rating Scales, Testing and Measuring in the Health Field, Scoring and Using the Medical Examination, Cardiovascular Test, Body Mechanics, Character Education, and Physical Education, The Organization of Tests and Measurements, The Problem of Grading Physical Education Activities, Methods of Test Construction, Statistical Methods and Terminology.

ISBN 9788172160982

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