Performance-Based Assessment for Middle and High School Physical Education - Couverture souple

Lund, Jacalyn; Kirk, Mary Fortman

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 073608360X ISBN 13 : 9780736083607

Editeur : Human Kinetics Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

Performance Based Assessment for Middle and High School Physical Education Performance-based assessment has long been a staple of education systems. This PE-oriented guide describes the various types of performance-based assessments and show how to implement the assessments, using numerous models as examples to be adapted to your own situations. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

While performance-based assessment has long been a staple of education, no book covers the relevant topics for middle and high school physical education as thoroughly as this new edition of Performance-Based Assessment for Middle and High School Physical Education. This updated edition reflects the current NASPE standards and includes new ancillary materials, more examples for educators, and a new chapter about assessing fitness. The authors break down this complex subject into easily digestible pieces and show you how to develop assessments that will help you and your students work together to enhance the instructional process in physical education. The authors, who have over three decades of experience teaching and assessing in public schools, describe the various types of performance-based assessments and show how to implement the assessments, using numerous models as examples to be adapted to your own situations. Not only will you learn how to develop and use assessments to help students, but you will also receive unit plans for team, individual, and dual sports that you can modify for use in your own classes. You ll learn how to create rubrics, use portfolios in the assessment process, and integrate assessments into fitness education and physical education. You ll also explore the challenges with traditional grading practices and find out how to overcome those challenges. The authors provide a wealth of tools for assessing students according to local, state, and NASPE standards while helping students reach their goals. The text is supported by a Web site that includes a test package, a presentation package with PowerPoint slides, an instructor guide, and a CD-ROM that includes additional forms and assessments. Performance-Based Assessment for Middle and High School Physical Education, Second Edition, will help you develop authentic assessments and get the most out of the assessment experience. And in doing so, it will help your students experience success.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jacalyn Lea Lund, PhD, is an associate professor and chair in the department of kinesiology and health at Georgia State University in Atlanta. She has been a teacher educator since 1989 and had 16 years of teaching experience in the public schools prior to that. She has presented on assessment at numerous workshops and has taught numerous classes on assessment in physical education. Mary Fortman Kirk, PhD, is a professor of physical education at NorthernKentuckyUniversity, where she coordinates health and physical education programs. She also taught physical education at the high school level for 10 years. Kirk has given many presentations on portfolios and alternative assessment at conferences, including AAHPERD, NASPE, and the National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education. She was appointed by the Kentucky commissioner of education to serve on the state task force for the development of physical education assessment and performance assessment of new teachers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 073608360X
• ISBN 13: 9780736083607
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 280