Graduation Date
Summer 2017
Document Type
Thesis
Program
Master of Science degree with a major in Kinesiology, option Teaching/Coaching
Committee Chair Name
Rock Braithwaite
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Second Committee Member Name
Chris Hopper
Second Committee Member Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Third Committee Member Name
Sean Healy
Third Committee Member Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Keywords
Physical Education, education, adapted physical education, physical activity, adapted physical activity, meta-analysis, evidence-based practice, teaching practices, teaching strategies, Assessment, Testing
Subject Categories
Kinesiology
Abstract
There is little data to show evidence-based practices in adapted physical education and whether it is working or not. There is a lack of information currently on the frequency that assessments are being done, on the disabilities that are being assessed or should be assessed with each test, and on the uses of the assessments that are being done. The aim of this paper is to assess and synthesize all evidence-based practices on psychomotor outcomes in adapted physical education using a meta-analysis. Data was sourced from computerized searches using the following databases: SPORT Discus, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Pub Med (Medline), Cochrane Database, Omni File Full Text Mega, ProQuest, Child Development and Adolescent Studies and ERIC. Studies must have been conducted in a physical education/physical activity setting, including children between age 3-22, describe and use assessment practices or intervention in the physical education/physical activity setting, show quantitative statistics and correlations to estimate effect and be conducted between January 1970 and February 2015. The average treatment effect for all evidence-based assessments was small (g= -0.16; SE=.04; 95% C.I.= -0.24, -0.08; p<.05). Results between subgroups were not significant for any of the subgrouping variables. Overall, more studies are needed with quantitative data, over longer periods of time, to prove any effectiveness of evidence-based assessments in adapted physical education.
Citation Style
APA
Recommended Citation
Diskin, Sam R., "Evidence-based assessment in adapted physical education on psychomotor outcomes: a meta-analysis" (2017). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 55.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/55
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